The Cisco VPN 3002 Hardware Client combines the ease-of-use and high-scalability features of a software VPN client while providing the reliability and stability of a hardware platform. Simple to deploy and operate, the Cisco VPN 3002 Hardware Client is designed for organizations with many remote office environments because it easily scales to tens of thousands of devices. The Cisco VPN 3002 Hardware Client is a full-featured VPN client in a hardware platform that supports 56-bit Data Encryption Standard (DES), 168-bit Triple DES (IP Security [IPSec]), or up to 256-bit AES encryption.

The Cisco VPN 3002 Hardware Client supports the Cisco Unified Client protocol allowing it to act as a Cisco Easy VPN Remote device and connect to any Cisco Easy VPN Server, such as a Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator, Cisco PIX Security Appliance, or Cisco IOS Router.

Available in two modes, client and network extension, the Cisco VPN 3002 can be configured to either emulate the operation of the Cisco VPN client, or to establish a secure site-to-site connection with the central site Cisco Easy VPN Server device. Both modes use the Cisco Easy VPN push-policy features and scale to large