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Date:      Sat, 1 Dec 2001 00:21:49 -0800
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        "Scott Nolde" <scott@smnolde.com>, "Paul Jansen" <vlaero@yahoo.com.au>
Cc:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: cisco VPN client for Linux under FreeBSD? Or compatible client?
Message-ID:  <000701c17a41$393322c0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011130082922.P96278-100000@bsd.smnolde.com>

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Scott Nolde
>Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 5:32 AM
>To: Paul Jansen
>Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>Subject: Re: cisco VPN client for Linux under FreeBSD? Or compatible
>client?
>
>
>As far as I know, there are no VPN clients for Cisco VPN concentrators.
>However racoon (in ports) is possibly your next best viable alternative
>for VPN access with FreeBSD.
>
>And I'd be very interested if someone knows more, too.
>

Cisco VPN concentrators can be configured to provide Microsoft-style PPTP to
be compatible with the stock Microsoft PPTP, thus FreeBSD's PPTP clients can
be used here.

You do have to switch off encryption on the Cisco devices, though, for some
reason their encryption isn't compatible with MS's.   (at least we never got
it to work)


Ted Mittelstaedt                                       tedm@toybox.placo.com
Author of:                           The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
Book website:                          http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com



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