OpenReach Client Service provides remote employees, road warriors, and authorized business partners with a single communications solution. Employees and partners can use any local access to the Internet to reach remote corporate resources and applications anywhere in the world. Users can select Dial, DSL, Cable, or wireless access from any ISP.

Building on the OpenReach VPN Services security platform, OpenReach Client Service enables remote users to enjoy the same highly secure VPN service as LAN users, including 168-Bit 3DES encryption and a managed PKI service. The OpenReach Service automatically creates, distributes and maintains digital certificates, and authenticates users.

The OpenReach Client Service works seamlessly with OpenReach VPN Services, which automates everything from device configuration to security management to network monitoring and maintenance, and enables businesses to easily and securely network employees, partners, and customers as if they were under one roof.

1. Point-and-click client configuration and installation lets administrators create a client in minutes
2. Automated distribution enables end-users to download and install their pre-configured client from a secure location.
3. Authentication keys are created, distributed and managed automatically. This provides the highest level of security with no impact to end-users.
4. Centralized client management enables IT managers to change client configuration on-line, add clients, or delete existing clients as needed
5. Ability to define groups of locations for administration functions and to bring-up/tear-down tunnels to your partners in an automated fashion.
6. Ability to define groups and associate individual clients with them. Create configurations once and apply to multiple clients.
7. Industry standards-based security (IPSec, digital certificates)
8. Data confidentiality using 168-bit 3 DES ecnryption