Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 01:53:30 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Paul Jansen" <vlaero@yahoo.com.au> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: cisco VPN client for Linux under FreeBSD? Or compatible client? Message-ID: <000501c17b17$324dac60$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20011202004001.37911.qmail@web12904.mail.yahoo.com>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Jansen [mailto:vlaero@yahoo.com.au] >Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 4:40 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: RE: cisco VPN client for Linux under FreeBSD? Or compatible >client? > > > --- Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > >>-----Original Message----- >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On >> Behalf Of Scott Nolde >> >Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 5:32 AM >> >To: Paul Jansen >> >Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> >Subject: Re: cisco VPN client for Linux under >> FreeBSD? Or compatible >> >client? >> > >> > >> >As far as I know, there are no VPN clients for >> Cisco VPN concentrators. >> >However racoon (in ports) is possibly your next >> best viable alternative >> >for VPN access with FreeBSD. >> > >> >And I'd be very interested if someone knows more, >> too. >> > >> >> Cisco VPN concentrators can be configured to provide >> Microsoft-style PPTP to >> be compatible with the stock Microsoft PPTP, thus >> FreeBSD's PPTP clients can >> be used here. >> >> You do have to switch off encryption on the Cisco >> devices, though, for some >> reason their encryption isn't compatible with MS's. >> (at least we never got >> it to work) >> >> >> Ted Mittelstaedt >> tedm@toybox.placo.com >> Author of: The FreeBSD >> Corporate Networker's Guide >> Book website: >> http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >> > >Thanks Ted. I did come across this in some doco. >It's very unlikely that we'll be able to have >encryption turned off as this is customers equipment. >Part of the reason they are implementing this is for >increased security. Note that the encryption that we never got to work was between the Cisco VPN concentrator and Windows clients! But the customer I was working with didn't want to buy Cisco service on the VPN concentrator so I didn't get Cisco involved. I have no idea if it's really supposed to work or if it's just one of those features that Cisco claims will work but in actuality is on the bug list. Somehow I think that if you are not able to get encryption working with Windows clients that your customer is going to let you turn it off. :-) For all I know the encryption works perfectly with FreeBSD and Cisco VPN concentrators. Good luck and keep us posted! Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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