PacketiX VPN 2.0

Specifications

  1. Supported Operating Systems
  2. Hardware Requirements
  3. Software Specifications
  4. PacketiX VPN Protocol Specifications

This page gives an overview of the hardware requirements and other specifications of PacketiX VPN 2.0. For more information please confer to Chapter 12 of the PacketiX Online Manual.

Supported Operating Systems

The table below lists operating systems and architectures that are supported, and those that are recommended for use with PacketiX VPN.

Using PacketiX VPN Server 2.0 on operating systems and/or architectures not listed as recommended requires expert knowledge of computer networking and VPNs. Furthermore, you may experience some limitations if you attempt to use PacketiX VPN Server 2.0 on these systems. For product licenses that include technical support, only problems encountered when running PacketiX VPN 2.0 on recommended operating systems and/or architectures will qualify for support.

Recommended = Recommended, technical support offered
Supported = No technical support offered

Supported Operating System Supported Architecture Server Client Bridge
Windows
Windows 98, 98 SE, ME x86 Supported Supported Supported
Windows NT 4.0
Workstation, Server, Server, Enterprise Edition
 x86 Supported - -
Windows 2000
Professional, Server, Advanced Server
Windows XP
Professional, Professional x64 Edition, Home Edition, Tablet PC Edition, Media Center Edition
Windows Server 2003
Standard Edition, Standard x64 Edition, Enterprise Edition, Enterprise x64 Edition, R2 Standard Edition, R2 Standard x64 Edition, R2 Enterprise Edition, R2 Enterprise x64 Edition
Windows Vista
Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, Ultimate
 x86
x64 (EM64T / AMD64)		 Recommended Recommended Recommended
Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4, ES 4
Turbolinux 10 Server		 x86
x64 (EM64T / AMD64)		 Recommended Supported Recommended
Fedora Core 4, 5
CentOS 4
Linux systems with Kernel 2.4 or higher, zlib, OpenSSL, readline, ncurses		 x86
x64 (EM64T / AMD64)
PowerPC
SH4 32 bit
MIPS 32 bit		 Supported Supported Supported
FreeBSD
FreeBSD 5.x or higher with zlib, OpenSSL, readline, ncurses x86
x64 (EM64T / AMD64)		 Supported - Supported
Solaris
Solaris 8 or higher with OpenSSL, readline, and ncurses x86
x64 (EM64T / AMD64)
SPARC 32 bit, 64 bit		 Supported - Supported
Mac OS X
Darwin 7.9.0 or higher with zlib, OpenSSL, readline, ncurses PowerPC Supported - Supported

Hardware Requirements

PacketiX VPN 2.0 Server and Bridge Standard / Enterprise Edition

Hardware Requirements
RAM Minimum: 32 MB + (0.5 MB * maximum simultaneous connections)
Recommended: 128 MB + (0.5 MB * maximum simultaneous connections)
Hard Disk Space Minimum: 100 MB
Recommended: 20 GB for software and log files
Monitor 800x600 resolution, 16bit colors (for Windows)

PacketiX VPN 2.0 Client

Hardware Requirements
RAM Minimum: 16 MB RAM
Recommended: 32 MB RAM
Hard Disk Space Minimum: 30 MB
Recommended: 300 MB (incl. logfiles)
Monitor 800x600 resolution, 16bit colors (for Windows)

Software Specifications

VPN Server Functionality for Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition

VPN Server Basic Specifications
Maximum number of simultaneous VPN sessions
Per server if clustering is used 		4,096
Maximum number of Virtual Hubs 4,096
VPN Operation Mode
Layer 2 (Ethernet frame switching) Mode Yes
Layer 3 (IP packet routing) Mode Yes
Traffic Management
VoIP / QoS Support Yes
Bandwidth limitations for each VPN user Yes
Virtual HUB Specifications
Maximum number of registered users 10,000
Maximum number of registered groups 10,000
Maximum number of access list entries 4,096
Maximum number of MAC address table entries 65,536
Maximum number of IP address table entries 65,536
Maximum number of dependable certificate authorities (CA) 4,096
Maximum number of registered cascade connections 128
Virtual HUBs' SecureNAT Capability Specifications
Virtual NAT Functionality Yes
Virtual DHCP Server Functionality Yes
Safe NAT operation in user mode Yes
Virtual Layer 3 Switch Specifications
Maximum number of Virtual Interfaces 4,096
Maximum number of routing table entries 4,096
High Availability (HA) System/Clustering Specifications
Maximum number of VPN servers in cluster 64
Load Balancing Yes
Dynamic mode Virtual Hub support Yes
Static mode Virtual Hub support Yes
Automatic recovery from fatal errors Yes
Security Specifications
External User Authentication RADIUS Server / NT Domain / Active Directory Server
Advanced security policies for all users Yes
Full packet logs of all VPN traffic Yes
Separate logs for each packet type TCP / UDP / ICMP / ARP / IP / Ethernet
Operation under system privileges Yes
Operation under user privileges Yes
DoS attack (SYN flood) detection and protection Yes
Manageability Specifications
Administration options Windows-based server management software, GUI, command line, script
Send logs with syslog Yes
Automatic configuration of VPN listener port Yes

PacketiX VPN Protocol Specifications

Item Value
Communication Protocol
(Upper Layer)		 SSL version 3.0 (Secure Socket Layer)
Communication Protocol
(Lower Layer)		 TCP/IP
Port TCP/IP Default ports: 443, 992 and 8888
(Can be configured freely)
Supported encryption and digital signature algorithms RC4-MD5
RC4-SHA
AES128-SHA
AES256-SHA
DES-CBC-SHA
DES-CBC3-SHA
Data Compression Streamed data compression
Session Key Length 128 bits
Base Protocol SSL/HTTP over SSL (HTTPS) Extension
High Speed Communication Between 1 and 32 TCP/IP connections can be established for efficient load balancing and/or timing control
Automatic Reconnection Specified number of attempts or infinite retries
Connection Methods
  1. Direct TCP/IP Connection
  2. Connect Via HTTP Proxy Server
  3. Connect Via SOCKS Proxy Server
User/Client Authentication Methods
  1. Anonymous Authentication
  2. Standard Password Authentication
  3. Radius Server Authentication
  4. NT Domain Controller or Active Directory Authentication
  5. X.509 Certificate/RSA Private Key File Authentication
  6. With Certificate Authentication with Smart Card
Server Authentication Methods X.509 Certificate/RSA Private Key File Authentication
(SSL Server Certificate Authentication)
Protocols for encapsulation and packet classifications Ethernet (IEEE802.3) Frames