On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 08:11:41AM +0930, Adam Hawes wrote:
> Hi.
>
> > i looking tutorial for install vpn in obsd 4.1 with client
> > microsoft xp or mac also support netbios for file or print sharing
> >
> > so what can i use openvpn , ipsec , vpn ?
>
> You obviously haven't looked very far? OpenVPN and pptp are in
> Ports. I use OpenVPN for ease of use on *BSD, Linux, Mac, Windows.
>
> Netbios sharing comes down to how you've configured the VPN tunnel
> (routed, bridged, WINS).
>
> You're well advised to go do some reading on your own. If you had
> you would have discovered that OpenVPN ahs a tutorial page for
> configuring the server, as does the readily available PPTP server.
>
> Installing is left as an (Easy) exercise to you.
Just note that PPTP isn't particularly secure.
IPsec is nice, but hard(er) to get right in the presence of a lot of
crappy routers. OpenVPN mostly Just Works, but is slower and at least
the OpenBSD implementation of IPsec is arguably more secure.
Joachim
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