Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:47:45 -0800 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for pointer to VPN / IPSEC info Message-ID: <20090113054745.GA14636@ayn.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <gkgv2d$hlp$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <gkgv2d$hlp$1@ger.gmane.org>
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On Mon, Jan 12, 2009, Joe Kraft wrote: >I have a personal network behind a FreeBSD firewall running IPFW. It's been >working fine for years, but as I'm getting more mobile in my work I'd like >to be able to access my network while traveling. > >At work the problem is solved with an IPSEC VPN client that I run to connect >to the appropriate server. As I looked through my normal traveling gear my >laptop (Windows XP Pro) and handheld (iPaq 211) both seem to have IPSEC >clients built in. > >Can someone point me to a VPN for dummies documentation so I can set up my >firewall to also provide me an access point for me to connect to my home >network while I'm travelling? We usually use OpenVPN rather than IPSec as it's generally easier to set up, works from roaming systems behind NAT firewalls, and there are easy-to-use clients for Windows, OS X, Linux, and various other flavors of Unix. OpenVPN uses user-space SSL, and does not require any kernel support. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Currencies do not float, they sink at different rates.
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