Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:04:54 -0600 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Subject: Re: UNIX-Based VPN Applications Message-ID: <200501121204.55175.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <200501121719.j0CHJjx1018275@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200501121719.j0CHJjx1018275@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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On Wednesday 12 January 2005 11:19 am, Martin McCormick wrote: > I have been asked as to whether there are any VPN applications > that can run on UNIX clients using Linux, FreeBSD, and MacOS. I > think the general idea is that they could tunnel in from outside of > our campus and receive an IP number on our network. > > There would probably be a UNIX server on the campus end of the > network to accept these connections. > > Those of us who work here or are students can set up a UNIX > box on campus and use ssh in to it from anywhere. What I am asking > about is whether there is a VPN application that UNIX-users in > general can register with to have a presence on our network. > > Thank you very much. > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > OSU Information Technology Division Network Operations Group You might take a look at openvpn, which is available for *BSD, Linux, Mac OSX. Solaris and Windows. You can find openvpn in the ports at: /usr/ports/security/openvpn/ The openvpn website can be found at: http://openvpn.net/ Best of luck, Andrew Gould
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