Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:28:16 -0500 From: Joe Kraft <jvk-list@thekrafts.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for pointer to VPN / IPSEC info Message-ID: <gkhmo1$cg4$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <gkgv2d$hlp$1@ger.gmane.org> <20090113054745.GA14636@ayn.mi.celestial.com>
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Bill Campbell wrote: > 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 Thanks for the pointer, OpenVPN looks great. I don't see support for Windows Mobile clients though, I did find a project to build a client but it didn't seem to be complete though. Joe.
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