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Date:      Mon, 21 May 2001 12:18:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
To:        Alex Markov <alex@asdg.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: L2TP and FreeBSD - is it possible?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10105211212510.54153-100000@athena.uniserve.ca>
In-Reply-To: <000901c0e1f7$716cc7a0$1945a4d4@asdg.ru>

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On Mon, 21 May 2001, Alex Markov wrote:

> Hello, FreeBSD community!
> 
> Firstly, excuse my English! ;-)
> 
> DESCRIPTION: I have Win2000 server in private network (IP = 192.168.1.1)
> and FreeBSD box with two netcards (one of them plugged to 192.168.1/24
> network, another - in ISP's LAN). On FreeBSD i have "closed"-style
> firewall and some services (primary DNS, proxy & mail). I have not and
> even don't plan to install NAT on this box.
> 
> Now, i want to grant access for our remote users to Win2000 server in
> internal network through L2TP+IPSec. Latter part doesn't bother me, but
> former... So, i need a good advice from guru:
> 
> a) Is L2TP supported by FreeBSD?
> 
> b) Which way is more "right" - to install L2TP server on Win2000 and
> divert all VPN traffic to it, or configure FreeBSD box as L2TP server?
> 
> c) Is there any resources about "L2TP & FreeBSD" (i know, it should be
> first question)?

  L2TP + IPSec is a difficult combination.  FreeBSD supports IPSec
natively, but has no native support for L2TP.  Microsoft decided that they
would encapsulate IPSec traffic in a L2TP tunnel, while FreeBSD can do
IPSec tunnels.  There is a L2TP addon from marko.net, but it is unlikely
to work with FreeBSD's IPSec.

  You could always use PPTP instead of L2TP+IPSec.  The encryption isn't
as strong as IPSec though.  The mpd port PPTP.  Microsoft has a PPTP
addon for Windows available.  You could install mpd on your firewall, and
allow connections to your internal LAN.

Tom



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