VPN Client User Guide for Windows
In this user guide, the term Cisco VPN device refers to the following Cisco products:
• Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrators
• Cisco Secure PIX Firewall devices
• IOS platform devices, such as the Cisco 7100 Series Routers
The Cisco VPN Client for Windows (referred to in this user guide as VPN Client) is software that runs on a Microsoft® Windows®-based PC. The VPN Client on a remote PC, communicating with a Cisco Easy VPN server on an enterprise network or with a service provider, creates a secure connection over the Internet. Through this connection you can access a private network as if you were an on-site user.
Thus you have a Virtual Private Network (VPN). The server verifies that incoming connections have up-to-date policies in place before establishing them. Cisco IOS, VPN 3000 Series Concentrators, and PIX central-site servers can all terminate VPN connections from VPN Clients. As a remote user (low speed or high speed), you first connect to the Internet. Then you use the VPN Client to securely access private enterprise networks through a Cisco VPN server that supports the VPN
Client.