Screen OS

Safenet and Juniper are still tight lipped regarding when Netscreen Remote will support Windows 7. I have tried calling them and posting on these forums but to no avail. See this thread as a reference:

http://forums.juniper.net/jnet/board/message?board.id=Firewalls&thread.id=7950

As a result, I have been researching other methods to perform a VPN connection. Windows 7 has a built in VPN Client but it is only designed for system to system VPN connectivity, and is not a full fledged IPSec VPN Client.

After some more reading, I found a company named NCP, who has just released a product which is the first "Universal IPSec VPN Client" for Windows 7; meaning it supports Juniper, Cisco, and other config files!

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS129831+09-Feb-2009+MW20090209

A download of the BETA can be found here:

http://www.ncp-e.com/en/downloads/software.html

I have loaded the BETA onto a Windows 7 box, imported my netscreen remote .spd file, and it works! The only hiccup I ran into is that I had to re-add my pre-shared key after importing the config file. I have several people testing this product, i will post any updates as I have them. 

Enjoy!

Im going to try this as well. Anyone else configured L2TP on the Juniper? Any drawbacks?  http://kb.juniper.net/kb/documents/public/VPN/ScreenOS_Windows_L2TP_IPSec.pdf

I dont feel like L2TP is an enterprise solution based on what I am reading. Having to create multiple dial up connections is a pain, it doesnt support preshared keys, and its designed to be a policy based VPN, which breaks my model since I have a Hub and Spoke setup. So I chose the Universal VPN client. There is a cost to this client, but user reports so far have been great.

Talked with my sales guy about this, NS Remote will not support Windows 7 period. Instead, Juniper is pushing their SSL VPN solution as the go forward VPN strategy. Also, found this KB Article: http://kb.juniper.net/KB8343

the SSL vpn is well worth it!