VPN Tracker - Secure Networking for Mac OS X

Trust the market leader

VPN Tracker, from equinux, is the #1 VPN client on Mac platform. Once installed on your Mac, your corporate network is just one click away.

Intel Compatible

The latest version of VPN Tracker is now fully compatible with the brand new Intel Macs.

Connect to the office from anywhere - securely

VPN Tracker, the Premier Mac VPN client for Mac OS X, allows safe data transfer between your Mac and your company network. All unsecure Internet and Airport connections are encrypted on the fly by using high grade security algorithms offered by VPN Tracker.
Whether you're working from home or abroad, you can securely access your files, emails, databases and anything else. It's like you're sitting in your office.

VPN Tracker is the leading, full featured IPsec VPN client for the Mac platform. It sets up secure, encrypted tunnels over the Internet that can be used to establish connections in various scenarios:

• Mobile workers and telecommuters are able to set up secure connections to the company’s intranet in just seconds.
• Interconnection via branch offices over a highly secured VPN tunnel allows employees safe access to servers in their head office.
• AirPort networks (wireless) can be secured by VPN Tracker providing unparalleled protection against unwanted tampering.

In all of these scenarios, sensitive information is sent over public networks such as the Internet. VPN Tracker is the #1 Mac solution for highly secure networking. This user friendly application provides not only military grade encryption but all of the following features:

• More than 250 Devices Supported
  VPN Tracker is compatible to most market leading VPN vendors and to over 250 gateway devices.
• Smart VPN
  Whether at home, abroad or in the office – VPN Tracker 4 automatically connects when needed.
• Traffic Indicator
  VPN Tracker 4 provides an overview of the incoming and outgoing VPN bandwidth.
• One Password for VPN & All Your Services
  VPN Tracker 4 supports XAUTH to authenticate against a central password server (“Single Sign-On“).
• Server-side configuration
  Mode-Config (Cisco, Juniper) or DHCP (SonicWALL) enable automatic client provisioning by the central VPN gateway – one configuration fits all.
• Connect Reliably from Behind NAT Routers
  Automatic NAT Traversal decides which is the best way to establish a VPN connection from behind NAT routers.
• SecurID Your VPN
  VPN Tracker supports various two-factor authentication systems using password and hardware token.

Technical Data VPN Tracker 4

1. Managing Connections

The connections you set-up are clearly listed in the VPN Tracker main window. Individual connections can easily be deactivated if required. When the IPsec service is running, red and green indicators and the dock icon display the current status of the connections.

2. Editing Connections

In order to ensure the compatibility of VPN Tracker with other IPsec solutions, select the vendor and model of your third-party appliance (e.g. VPN Tracker Server, SonicWALL, Check Point, etc). Our how-to documentation for third-party devices can be easily accessed from within the application. Enter your network parameters and specify the authentication method (Pre-shared key, Certificates, XAUTH). You can choose to use a DNS server in the remote network.

SonicWALL Internet security appliances offer the performance, reliability, and availability that businesses need to communicate. Traditional site-to-site connections require companies to lease expensive, dedicated data lines that are difficult to deploy and manage. With the advent of affordable broadband and standards-based VPN, organizations can deploy secure remote access via ubiquitous Internet connections. With today's VPN technology and broadband connections, companies of any size use the Internet to securely communicate with their multiple locations.

3. Authenticating a XAUTH Connection

When using Extended Authentication (XAUTH), VPN Tracker will ask you for your username and password when the connection is being established. You can save the password encrypted in your Mac OS X keychain.

4. Editing Connection Types

Should your Firewall have special requirements, e.g. as to the type of encryption, there is the option of setting the IPsec connection parameters in the Connection Type window. In order to make this as easy as possible, VPN Tracker provides connection types, which are already optimized for maximum security and compatibility with many third-party solutions. Moreover, it is consequently possible to configure VPN Tracker with currently untested solutions.

Professional Edition - Advanced security standards: The Professional Edition of VPN Tracker is the full-featured product for network security. It supports various encryption algorithms and can be used to connect two or more networks through a secure Internet tunnel (e.g. if you want to connect branch offices). The Professional Edition also boasts features like connection export, certificate enrollment and scripting which help make deployment of large scale IPsec scenarios quick and easy.

Personal Edition - Connect from remote locations: VPN Tracker Personal Edition is the simplified VPN solution for anyone who needs to secure one single network connection, for example between a home computer and an office network or remote computer. This single connection can be between two hosts (e.g. connecting to another Mac running VPN Tracker), or between a host and a network (e.g. connecting to your office LAN).

Personal or Professional Edition?
Your computer environment	Professional	Personal
My computer is a Server (Xserve) acting as a Gateway and running Mac OS X 10.2 and 10.3
My computer is a PowerMac G3, G4, G5 iMac, eMac, PowerBook, iBook running Mac OS X 10.2 and 10.3
Your connection priorities
Strong security
Supports many different VPN Server vendors
Easy to configure
Optimal solution for teleworkers, road warriors, etc.
Certificate Support
Creates Certificate Requests (CSR)
Multiple VPN Connections to multiple VPN Server hosts
Connects complete networks on both sides
On every endpoint only one VPN Tracker license is needed to connect complete offices
Connect to multiple Networks on one VPN Server
Can connect to LAN and DMZ (where the Mail server are) at the same time
Sign of Certificate Requests (CSR)
Creates Certificate Authorities (CA)
Complete Certificate enrollment
Support for Very-High-Security algorithms AES-192 and AES-256
Option to enter the pre-shared key upon connection establishment
Export of connections
Scripting