Re: Looking for pointer to VPN / IPSEC info
Bill Campbell wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009, Joe Kraft wrote: >>I have a personal network behind a FreeBSD firewall running IPFW. It's >>been working fine for years, but as I'm getting more mobile in my work I'd >>like to be able to access my network while traveling. >> >>At work the problem is solved with an IPSEC VPN client that I run to >>connect >>to the appropriate server. As I looked through my normal traveling gear >>my laptop (Windows XP Pro) and handheld (iPaq 211) both seem to have IPSEC >>clients built in. >> >>Can someone point me to a VPN for dummies documentation so I can set up my >>firewall to also provide me an access point for me to connect to my home >>network while I'm travelling? > > We usually use OpenVPN rather than IPSec as it's generally easier > to set up, works from roaming systems behind NAT firewalls, and > there are easy-to-use clients for Windows, OS X, Linux, and > various other flavors of Unix. OpenVPN uses user-space SSL, and > does not require any kernel support. > > Bill Thanks for the pointer, OpenVPN looks great. I don't see support for Windows Mobile clients though, I did find a project to build a client but it didn't seem to be complete though. Joe. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Looking for pointer to VPN / IPSEC info
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009, Joe Kraft wrote: >I have a personal network behind a FreeBSD firewall running IPFW. It's been >working fine for years, but as I'm getting more mobile in my work I'd like >to be able to access my network while traveling. > >At work the problem is solved with an IPSEC VPN client that I run to connect >to the appropriate server. As I looked through my normal traveling gear my >laptop (Windows XP Pro) and handheld (iPaq 211) both seem to have IPSEC >clients built in. > >Can someone point me to a VPN for dummies documentation so I can set up my >firewall to also provide me an access point for me to connect to my home >network while I'm travelling? We usually use OpenVPN rather than IPSec as it's generally easier to set up, works from roaming systems behind NAT firewalls, and there are easy-to-use clients for Windows, OS X, Linux, and various other flavors of Unix. OpenVPN uses user-space SSL, and does not require any kernel support. Bill -- INTERNET: b...@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax:(206) 232-9186 Currencies do not float, they sink at different rates. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
