From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 23:51:36 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3FC11065670 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:51:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from d.hill@yournetplus.com) Received: from duane.dbq.yournetplus.com (duane.dbq.yournetplus.com [65.124.230.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D60518FC15 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:51:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from d.hill@yournetplus.com) Received: by duane.dbq.yournetplus.com (Postfix, from userid 125) id C7F5F27E441; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:49:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by duane.dbq.yournetplus.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E563F27E43B; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:33:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by duane.dbq.yournetplus.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E25ED27E437 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:33:41 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:33:41 +0000 (UTC) From: D Hill X-X-Sender: d.hill@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <47CF2B0B.2090905@student.utwente.nl> Message-ID: References: <47CF2B0B.2090905@student.utwente.nl> User-Agent: Alpine 1.00 (BSF 882 2007-12-20) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: VPN - Which way to go? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:51:36 -0000 On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 at 23:21 -0000, a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl confabulated: > Howdy people, > > I need to setup a VPN connection to the university's network. Now, there's a > chapter in the handbook about "VPN over IPsec" and there seems to be this > thing called OpenVPN in the ports collection. Which is the better way to go? > All I need is to obtain an IP address within the university's IP range > (because otherwise I can't use their outgoing STMP), that's all. So as > simple a solution as possible would be preferred. > > Suggestions are welcome. We have a Cisco VPN set up where our servers are being colocated. I'm using vpnc: /usr/ports/security/vpnc The configuration file has IPSec set up using its parameters: IPSec gateway IPSec ID IPSec obfuscated secret Don't know if this helps or not. ----- _|_ |_| |