Hardware cryptographic modules for LAN security

The thesis deal with the problems of virtual private network (VPN). The first part of the thesis is focused on the description of the basic terms of computer security which are useful for better understanding the other parts. There is a description of VPN technology and its separation of VPN by various aspects in the second part of the thesis. The next chapter is dedicated to the description of realization of VPN by using IPSec. There is shown how to secure laboratory network by using of the products of the Safenet Company in the practical part of the thesis. There are also stated the modular techniques how to use products in the network in practical part. Some of the modular techniques describe security weaknesses of the products which are possible to exploit in the laboratory network and they also describe the ways how to protect them against misusage