From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 13 11:59:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5D5E16A4CE for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:59:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx.sat.corp.rackspace.com (mx.sat.corp.rackspace.com [64.39.1.217]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 607D243D1D for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:59:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from amason@rackspace.com) Received: from mail.rackspace.com (mail.rackspace.com [64.39.2.181]) i1DJv152017083; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:57:01 -0600 Received: from [10.1.101.24] (office101-24.sat.rackspace.com [10.1.101.24]) by mail.rackspace.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i1DJxA32014152; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:59:10 -0600 From: Art Mason To: Baldur Gislason In-Reply-To: <200402131919.06395.baldur@foo.is> References: <200402131919.06395.baldur@foo.is> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Rackspace Managed Hosting Message-Id: <1076702437.20300.35.camel@mizar.rackspace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 14:00:38 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MailScanner: Dd6rvCg9: Found to be clean cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VPN with FreeBSD using some form of encryption X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 19:59:18 -0000 Not sure if it helps your particular situation, but you might want to take a look at OpenVPN (/usr/ports/security/openvpn). It's an application layer VPN implementation (SSL) as opposed to IPSec, but seems to work well for dynamic IP addresses and endpoints behind NAT devices. Quite stable, as well. -- Art Mason Technical Support - Team F Rackspace Managed Hosting (800) 961-4454 ext. 1223 amason@rackspace.com On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 13:19, Baldur Gislason wrote: > I have a home network with FreeBSD machines and a laptop running FreeBSD. > The laptop connects to various networks but I'd like to access my home > machines from the laptop, the home machines are behind a freebsd nat > firewall. > I've been using mpd for quite a while, doing a PPTP link from my laptop to > home but it doesn't offer any useful encryption, and the encryption it claims > to offer doesn't seem to work. > Hence, limiting what I can do over the link without fear of being sniffed. > I'd like being able to dial in from anywhere, yet have an encrypted link. What > are my options? > I've read about the IPSEC tunneling support but it seems to me that it's > limited to static tunnels. > > Baldur > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"