From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 6 19:46:26 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7886C16A4CE for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 19:46:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18EE343D2D for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 19:46:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from [206.255.31.21] (helo=yoda.datawok.com) by smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.34) id 1CxsMT-0000ua-BV; Sun, 06 Feb 2005 14:46:25 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 13:46:46 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <42067263.3040405@3x3x3.org> In-Reply-To: <42067263.3040405@3x3x3.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200502061346.46536.algould@datawok.com> X-ELNK-Trace: ee791d459e3d6817d780f4a490ca69563f9fea00a6dd62bcc88939476946fb825b1598ca9a1134d2350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 206.255.31.21 cc: darren david Subject: Re: easy VPN config HOWTO? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 19:46:26 -0000 On Sunday 06 February 2005 01:39 pm, darren david wrote: > Hi all- > > I have been searching high and low for a straightforward VPN > configuration HOWTO with no luck. everything i've found is way over > my head and very convoluted (to me, at least). Perhaps such is the > nature of VPN. > > My goal is simply to allow users running Windows to VPN in to my home > server and gain access to the private LAN. Sure, i can get in via > ssh, but i have several less technical users who need to access to > shared resources and for them, ssh is not a realistic solution. I've > heard that OpenVPN is a bit simpler to set up, but it too is a > complicated matter. All of the examples i've seen/googled involve > unix<->unix machines. > > I'm tracking 5.3-STABLE with pf controlling traffic. > > Can anyone point me in a good direction? > > Thanks in advance, > darren david Openvpn is in the ports and is cross-platform. I've never used it; so I don't know how easy it is to setup. A quick search via google came up with the following: http://www.nilings.se/openvpn/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/openvpn/ http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5803 http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7949 Best of luck, Andrew Gould