Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:05:18 -0600 From: Matthew Grooms <mgrooms@shrew.net> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: VPN Client for Win32 and now FreeBSD Message-ID: <46062D3E.3080208@shrew.net>
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All,
I recently released the Shrew Soft Win32 VPN Client 2.0 Beta which
is designed to work with ipsec tools. This software has seen an immense
amount of improvement since the 1.1 release and features a completely
re-worked kernel driver framework, a new direct adapter mode for more
traditional road warrior setups, simplified configuration, improved
gateway compatibility using modecfg push or pull mode, a much improved
debug output application and loads of bug fixes.
If you are interested in giving it a try, please visit the url
below to obtain a free download. Any feedback or bug reports are very
much welcome using the shrew.net mailing lists or web submission form.
http://www.shrew.net
Along with the improvements to the win32 package, I have ported
the ike daemon and front end gui applications to FreeBSD under a liberal
open source license. The ike daemon can be used to support site to site
or client to gateway communications for ipv4 hosts. While the win32
client has its own ipsec code, the FreeBSD port uses the existing kernel
ipsec support with or without Yvans NATT kernel patches. While this
software should be considered experimental on FreeBSD, I use it on a
regular basis to connect to a cisco ASA system so it certainly has some
utility. The best way to describe the software working in a client mode
would be to put vpnc on steroids and add a gui front end. When using the
software as a VPN client gateway, it is functionally similar to racoon
with en emphasis on flexible client based connectivity and a few other
extras. Please have a look at the build.txt and iked.conf man page for
more details.
Here is the subversion url if anyone wants to check out the source ...
svn://svn.shrew.net/ike/head
And a few gui screen shots are available here ...
http://www.shrew.net/?page=software
I also attempted to cobble together a rough port for the software.
This is my first attempt at writing a port so it could use a lot of
help. For starters, the software requires bison 2.3 to build properly
but I couldn't quite figure out how to create the dependency. QT is also
required for the client front end applications. I tried to create this
dependency but am not sure if its working either. If both are installed
in advance, the port builds and works fine.
Here is the url if anyone wants to give it a try ...
http://www.shrew.net/vpn/ike.tgz
Bug reports and feedback are welcome using the shrew.net mailing lists.
-Matthew
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