VPN Is Dead - here's your new killer app

posted by  hjwin (10)  15 months ago (blogs.technet.com)

One of my favorite features of all time is RPC Over HTTP.  Most of you are familiar with it because it allows Outlook to encapsulate RPC calls inside a HTTP packet or frame.  That frame must of course travel across the internet to your “Front-End” server or proxy.  All of that voodoo just makes it trivial for users to check email without first having to deal with a RAS/VPN infrastructure.  RPCHTTP rocks and everyone knows it.  But, if you’re like