- Title
- Lessons Learned In The Global Deployment Of An Open Source Security Solution
- Creator
- Irwin, Barry V W
- Date
- 2004
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/428830
- Identifier
- vital:72539
- Identifier
- https://digifors.cs.up.ac.za/issa/2004/Proceedings/Research/023.pdf
- Description
- This paper covers the lessons learned, and the challenges facing the deployment of an Open Source derivative firewall and Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution into the established commercially driven Tele-communications arena. The lessons learned and issues discussed are drawn from the author’s own experiences having worked for a global Wireless Application Service Provider over a three year period. Focus is placed on the issues surrounding the integration of the open source equipment with that of the established global Telecommunications players, where compliance to existing network standards was a re-quirement for connectivity. Major stumbling blocks to the acceptance and success of the open source product were the concerns expressed by the Telecommunications Operators relating to interoperability and troubleshooting facilities when interfaced to their existing commercially available equipment and existing rigid telecommunications networks. The processes resulting in the initial decision to utilise an open source solution in preference to commercial offerings are also explored. An open source solution was found to offer higher flexibility and functionali-ty and greater return on investment whilst maintaining a significantly re-duced cost in comparison to commercial solutions available.
- Format
- 8 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Information Security for South Africa, Irwin, B., Lessons Learned In The Global Deployment Of An Open Source Security Solution. In ISSA (pp. 1-11), Information Security for South Africa volume 2004 number 1 8 2004 2330-9881
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RU Department of Computer Science
SDG 09. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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