Summary

In this chapter we examined several emerging trends in the SSL VPN market and their influence on the future developments. We discussed:

• New interfacing capabilities with third-party security, application, and management systems

• The emergence of different SSL VPN products for different sized organizations

• Application-specific SSL VPNs

• The two directions SSL VPN products seem to be heading in—convergence with networking technologies such as network firewalls and becoming application-level access platforms

• SSL VPN access from handheld devices

• Overall maturation of SSL VPN technology and the improved performance that goes along with it

We wish you the best of luck with your SSL VPN implementation!