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Date:      Mon, 9 Jun 2003 21:10:25 -0500
From:      Chris <racerx@makeworld.com>
To:        David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net>, "Brent Wiese" <brently@bjwcs.com>, <FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: VPN from one Win2k host to a FreeBSD network?
Message-ID:  <200306092110.25239.racerx@makeworld.com>
In-Reply-To: <200306092043.39707.dkelly@HiWAAY.net>
References:  <00b101c32eee$6e438a00$0a0114ac@home.bjwcs.com> <200306092043.39707.dkelly@HiWAAY.net>

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On Monday 09 June 2003 08:43 pm, David Kelly wrote:


> Thanks! I knew there had to be something out there but in the wealth of
> ports, I couldn't find it.

Allow me to ask this once again also then. In my situation, I have my FreeBSD 
box here at home. Periodically I need to VPN into my work.

Here is the layout:

FreeBSD (home via DSL) ---> (Inet) ---> (Cisco PIX) ---> (Work net)
IP via DSL                                        Outside IP/Inside IP 

Under my old Windows2000, I used the VPN Client provided my Cisco.
I have looked at a few ports, and the Linux client by Cisco. And I can't come 
up with anything. 

The Linux client seems to depend on, and look for a Linux kernel, 2.2.4 I 
think. Does anyone have an easy way for me to obtain the same as I did with 
my W2K box. 

As it is right now, I hang on to W2K just for that purpose. To VPN in to the 
company. If only I can rid this beast once and for all so I could have a test 
box for 5.x (Evil Grin)

Thanks all

Chris 

>
> On Monday 09 June 2003 08:20 pm, Brent Wiese wrote:
> > Use MPD (its in the ports) for PPTP support, which is built into w2k.
> > On the user side, its "friendly" to set up because it presents the
> > user w/ a modem-type setup where you "dial" a vpn box.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of David
> > > Kelly Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 9:03 AM
> > > To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org
> > > Subject: VPN from one Win2k host to a FreeBSD network?
> > >
> > >
> > > This has been covered many times before, I'm sure, just I
> > > just can't find it now I have need.
> > >
> > > A consultant with one Win2k system behind a home-office NAT
> > > firewall needs to speak Microsoft protocols to an NT4 server
> > > inside my FreeBSD NAT firewall. Also connect to the Oracle
> > > database.
> > >
> > > I currently have an IPsec VPN to yet another site with an
> > > identical FreeBSD firewall as I have here. Microsoft
> > > protocols flow over that link as well.
> > >
> > > The fact her remote Win2k system is already behind NAT
> > > suggests to me using Win2k built-in IPsec isn't going to work
> > > with racoon?
> > >
> > > She can ssh to my FreeBSD system. I have not disabled sshd
> > > port forwarding. An attractive low threshold of pain might be
> > > to use PuTTY on Win2k and port forward to here. Research
> > > suggests she would have to disable filesharing, or possibly
> > > remove that module, in order to free ports 137-139 so this
> > > would work. Might work but isn't "low threshold of pain."
> > >
> > > Simple ssh port forwarding should work fine for Oracle.
> > >
> > > Next thought would be to tunnel PPP thru SSH. Have found
> > > plenty of examples of how to do this Unix to Unix but not
> > > from inferior OS's.
> > >
> > > Yet another thought was to use PPPoE. Win2k should have a
> > > PPPoE client. Is there a tool on FreeBSD to receive such
> > > connections? Would it appear on the Win2k system as another
> > > network interface or would it be her sole interface while it
> > > is up? Encryption for PPPoE?
> > >
> > > --
> > > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net
> > > ===================================================================
> > >== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its
> > > capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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