For ELSTER, the high-profile IT project of the German tax authorities, a highly encrypted virtual private network (VPN) was constructed with the crypto appliance genubox to handle secure transfer of electronic tax returns.
Data zips quickly and securely to and fro between all top-level German federal agencies along the government's Bonn-Berlin information network, the IVBB. Gateways between this and the public Internet are subject to demanding performance and security requirements. These needs are met using firewall clusters.
KASTO, a manufacturer of metal saws and storage systems provides rapid service via the Internet with their high security remote maintenance solution genubox.
