Dirty appliances: The hidden environmental costs of VPN gateways
Another reason not to like your VPN. In networking we often discuss routing, packets, protocols and latency. It’s always been our lifeblood and our passion. Another area we are passionate about is hardware. A new router, firewall, switch or network appliance will elicit numerous debates and send us to a world of what if? What if I deployed this box to my network? How would it impact it? Would it make the network faster? Would it make my job easier?