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Date:      Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:50:08 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Secure tunnel: SSH or SSL or IPsec?
Message-ID:  <3EEF7F00.6000101@potentialtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030617004110.05473440.dmp@pantherdragon.org>
References:  <20030617004110.05473440.dmp@pantherdragon.org>

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Darren Pilgrim wrote:
> I need to create a secure connection over the inter between my workstation at
> home and a server I have elsewhere.  My workstation is running RELENG_5_0 and
> the server runs RELENG_4_8, both up to date.  I need the secure connection to 
> occasionally access swat and VNC remotely.  You can assume all the ports I'll be
> accessing are local to the server.  My workstation is behind a Linksys BEFSR
> router doing NAT with an IPsec passthrough.
> 
> What would work best in this situation?

Just to throw something else into the mix.

I've used vtun in the ports (net/vtun) with great success.  It's fairly easy
to set up and works like a charm.
You can configure it to use any port you want, whatever's available.
It's what I would use if I were in your situation, so I thought I'd recommend it.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com



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