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From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Paul=20Jansen?= <vlaero@yahoo.com.au>
Subject: RE: cisco VPN client for Linux under FreeBSD? Or compatible client?
To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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 --- Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: >
>-----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
> 

Thanks Ted.  I did come across this in some doco. 
It's very unlikely that we'll be able to have
encryption turned off as this is customers equipment. 
Part of the reason they are implementing this is for
increased security.  I'm hearing good things about
people connecting to cisco VPN's from freeBSD (or
ALMOST connecting) so I think I try a few things out
and keep listening here incase something tips up. 
THnaks for the suggestion.

Paul


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