Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:10:51 -0500 (EST) From: spork <spork@super-g.com> To: "Jason T. Nelson" <jtn@eboai.org> Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VPN, an off topic question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9811121610110.4395-100000@super-g.inch.com> In-Reply-To: <19981112124934.A9667@hindenburg.eboai.org>
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Has anyone seen a good "VPN FAQ" for FBSD? Any step-by-step info for the
KAME IPSec implementation?
Charles
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Charles Sprickman
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On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Jason T. Nelson wrote:
> Archie Cobbs (archie@whistle.com) scribbled endlessly:
> > This is what PPTP does.. it's like PPP where you replace the word
> > "modem" with the word "Internet". M$oft sells client and server software
> > (the clients are free -- download "microsoft dial-up networking 1.3").
> >
> > I don't know of any freely available FreeBSD software for doing PPTP.
> > Using an NT server is proabaly the quickest way to get it working.
>
> Ugh. PPTP is riddled with holes; search for "PPTP security" on any
> search engine to find out why. Right now, I'm using the KAME IPsec
> stack to connect two FreeBSD boxes using IPsec over IPv4. You get
> an additional benefit of getting IPv4 over IPv4 (IPIP) tunneling
> as well if you don't want the overhead of IPsec.
>
> --
> Jason T. Nelson <jtn@eboai.org>
> BOFH Extraordiaire
> http://www.eboai.org/~jtn/
> disclaimer: My opinions are my own. Don't bother my employer about them.
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