Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 11:58:49 -0500 From: Doug Lee <dgl@visi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Can FreeBSD do MS-style VPN? Message-ID: <20010128115849.A39258@kirk.sector14.net>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I have access to an office NT server via the Microsoft Virtual Private Networking Adapter, but since I run FreeBSD at home, I thought it would be cool to attach to the office server with FreeBSD instead of Windows. Is there anything in FreeBSD (or the ports) which can attach to the server that way, preferably including password and data encryption support? Also, can Samba or anything else perform as a server for such connections (I don't need that now, but it would be nice to know if it's possible)? If FreeBSD can't connect to the NT server as a VPN client, I'll be trying to figure out how to route packets from my FreeBSD box (which is my Internet firewall/gateway and through which the VPN packets travel anyway) through my Windows box into the VPN pipe. At this point, I can, say, telnet from my Windows box to the office printer, but my FreeBSD box can't. It seems silly for FreeBSD to have to send things through my Windows box only to have them sent back through FreeBSD in another format to get out the door though. :-) Thanks much in advance... -- Doug Lee dgl@visi.com http://www.visi.com/~dgl Bartimaeus Group doug@bartsite.com http://www.bartsite.com "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg." -- Bjarne Stroustrup on the C++ programming language To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20010128115849.A39258>