Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 14:00:39 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <crist.clark@attbi.com> To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@physik.rwth-aachen.de> Subject: Re: Cisco vpnclient Message-ID: <20030131220039.GB30498@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <200301311053.LAA25242@accms33.physik.rwth-aachen.de> References: <200301311053.LAA25242@accms33.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 11:53:24AM +0100, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
>
> Cisco is offering a VPN client for Linux. I wonder if it would be possible
> to run this under FreeBSD. An extra linux kernel module is being built.
> Is this already the 'ruled out'?
That's just it. FreeBSD can run Linux userland applications really
well... compatibility within the kernel is a cow of another color. To
do /some/ of the things the standard Cisco VPN client does, it would
need to be a kernel module. To do /a lot/ of what it does, including
just a basic IPsec implementation, it could all run in userland.
I doubt that they will break things up that way. But if enough people
ask, Cisco will make a client for FreeBSD. Or they might be willing to
open up their protocol so that third parties can build their own
clients.
> If this won't work, I'm afraid I will have to set a dedicated redhat 6.x/7.x
> beside my FreeBSD gateway. Would it be possible to use NAT to
> extend the VPN (I only have one dedicated fixed IP on the gateway).
Cisco VPN clients do work behind NAT (provided the NAT gateway can
deal with the traffic).
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