legality of international vpn

[wimmerj]

I have heard some talk of the legalities of a vpn between the US and Europe. We have a sales office in Germany and would like to connect the two users there to our systems via vpn using the vpn client software. I am new to the vpn world and do not want to run into legal problems with this setup. Any advice would be appreciated.

[bob.short]

You will find Cisco's export compliance information at:

http://www.cisco.com/wwl/export/crypto/

and more specifically:

http://www.cisco.com/wwl/export/matrix.html#special

Please review these pages and discuss any concerns or further questions with your Cisco sales representative. Very specific inquiries can be directed to export@cisco.com.

Thanks for your inquiry.

[mark.roddis]

You should not run into any problems between the US and Europe.

If you are relating to passing data between the 2 then there are no major restrictions.

At the end of the day, a VPN is just another way of passing data. Regardless of if you are using frame, ATM or a VPN, the same rules apply.