Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:03:47 -0500 From: "Aaron P. Martinez" <ml@proficuous.com> To: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VPN questions Message-ID: <1098878627.4101.21.camel@aaron.proficuous.com> In-Reply-To: <417F5E6B.2080100@locolomo.org> References: <417F5E6B.2080100@locolomo.org>
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On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 03:38, Erik Norgaard wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking at how to implement VPN but I'm getting confused as to how > IPSec, IKE, OpenSSL, FreeSWAN, racoon etc. all fit into the picture. I > am looking at two scenarios, and I have two questions. > > 1) Standard IPSec tunnel: > > +----+ IPSec/VPN +----+ > LAN---| FW |-----------| FW |---LAN > +----+ +----+ > > In this scenario: Can CARP/pf handle VPN/IPSec connections incase the > master unit fails? (I am assuming that both ends have fixed public > routable ip's). > > 2) VPN for mobile users > > +----+ VPN +-----+ > LAN---| FW |-----------| FW? |---[mobile unit] > +----+ +-----+ > > For mobile users I can't be sure where they are, their ip, or if they > are behind NAT/firewall, nor can I trust the network until the mobile unit. > > IPSec breaks behind NAT, are there other altertives than ssh-tunnels I > should take a look at? (which? :-) I suggest looking at openvpn, it is a ssl based vpn that is fairly easy to set up. I might shy away from freeswan as it is for the most part out of development, only one more rollup and that's it. > > Thanks, Erik > -- > Ph: +34.666334818 web: www.locolomo.org > S/MIME Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/2004071206.crt > Subject ID: A9:76:7A:ED:06:95:2B:8D:48:97:CE:F2:3F:42:C8:F2:22:DE:4C:B9 > Fingerprint: 4A:E8:63:38:46:F6:9A:5D:B4:DC:29:41:3F:62:D3:0A:73:25:67:C2 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Aaron
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