Alcatel AST570, User Manual

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Introduction
IP VPNs based on
IPSec
Remote diagnostics
and troubleshooting
AppendixC Speed Touch Upcoming Features
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AppendixC Speed Touch Upcoming Features
Alcatel engineers continue to develop new features for its highly
successful DSL routers. By doing so, products that server existing
markets can easily withstand the demands of future markets.
The most prevalent features that will be delivered in an upcoming
release are VPNs based on IPSec, Remote management and
troubleshooting via SNMP and Syslog and automatic IP route
distribution via RIP.
In the following a short introduction is given for each of these
features and what they mean in terms of solutions.
Ever more people and businesses rely on the Internet infrastructure
for their professional and personal use. Although the Internet
revolutionized communication, it exhibits an important drawback;
it provides little network security.
By implementing the IP Security Protocol Suite (RFC2401,
RFC2409, RFC2451 and RFC2404 to name just a few) it will be
possible to create Virtual Private IP Networks on top of the public
IP infrastructure. In other words, all information that is routed off
your LAN will be authenticated and encrypted.
This provides a standardbased lowcost solution for
home workers, teleworkers and branch offices.
An important aspect of managing a distributed network are the
diagnostic capabilities of the individual network nodes.
Via the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), nodes can
be monitored in fine detail. In the event of failures the operator
can be alerted so that the downtime is kept to a minimum.
In addition the extended logging capabilities of Syslog allow to
record events which can be retrieved for later analysis and
diagnosis.
This provides a standardbased lowcost solution for
home workers, teleworkers and branch offices.