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Q: How am I protected while initiating a IPN connection? |
A: Communication of user data between each IPN Client and the IPN Server is separately encrypted. Also, the IP address of
a computer with an IPN Client is never sent to the IPN Server so that it remains hidden behind its firewall. |
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Q: How are the data exchanged between IPN Clients protected? |
A: The data exchanged by IPN Clients uses point-to-point encryption. The Clients perform a blind key exchange during
start up and only the Clients can decrypt the data. The data remains encrypted as it passes through the IPN Server. |
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Q: Can I use my own encryption algorithms? |
A: Yes. You can independently encrypt your data prior to passing it to IPN for transmission and then either turn
off IPN encryption or leave it on and double encrypt the data. |
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Q: How does IPN communicate across firewalls? |
A: IPN Clients communicate with the IPN Server through existing external communication pathways resident in firewalls.
If you can browse the Web from behind your firewall, you can use IPN. The advantage of using IPN is that your firewall
remains intact while your data remains encrypted. |
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Q: How do I know if IPN will work with my firewall? |
A: IPN will work if you can browse the web from the network behind the firewall. |
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Q: What if there are multiple firewalls between IPN Client and IPN Server? |
A: IPN will communicate effectively with more than one firewall between Client and Server without any change in setup
or operation. |
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Q: Could someone use IPN to break into my network? |
A: No. An IPN connection cannot be unilaterally initiated from one side or the other. Both users are separately authenticated
and must explicitly initiate the connection from their respective sides for a connection to be made. Also, IPN only
connects applications. It does not connect networks. |
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Q: How long does it take to initiate an IPN connection? |
A: Initial connection takes an average of 1.5 seconds on a typically equipped server. |
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Q: What is the delay for data passing through the IPN Server? |
A: Because data is received and retransmitted by the IPN Server, the time to send a message is slightly more than double
the time for a direct point-to-point transmission. |
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Q: How does IPN assure data integrity when passing over the open Internet? |
A: IPN incorporates very robust error detection and correction and can effectively handle dropped messages,
incomplete messages, and messages that arrive out of order. This operation is automatic and completely transparent
to the user. |
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