Re: [strongSwan] strongSwan implementation on Ubuntu

2009-09-28 Thread Daniel Mentz
Hi Stevie, I guess you're fine. strongSwan meets your requirements. Although finding a solution for Windows XP is usually a tough challenge. Stevie K wrote: > You might even use the native L2TP/IPsec client of Windows XP although the >> setup is a bit nasty in my opinion. It also has some (secur

Re: [strongSwan] strongSwan implementation on Ubuntu

2009-09-28 Thread Stevie K
Hi Daniel, Thanks for the information. 2009/9/28 Daniel Mentz > > Please explain what you mean by that. Here's a quote from strongSwan's > feature list that might be related to this requirement. > I'm not even sure myself, because these are the requirements of our service provider. But this

Re: [strongSwan] strongSwan implementation on Ubuntu

2009-09-28 Thread Andreas Steffen
Hi Stevie, you might also try the free Shrew Soft VPN Client for Windows XP: http://www.shrew.net/ Under MS Vista and Windows 7 the configuration of the built-in Microsoft IKEv1 client has become much more user friendly and can be run without the tiresome L2TP overhead. Our strongSwan wiki sho

Re: [strongSwan] strongSwan implementation on Ubuntu

2009-09-28 Thread Daniel Mentz
Hi Stevie, strongSwan meets most if not all of your requirements. Stevie K wrote: > ° Key exchanges using Internet PKIs Please explain what you mean by that. Here's a quote from strongSwan's feature list that might be related to this requirement. - Authentication based on X.509 certificates or

[strongSwan] strongSwan implementation on Ubuntu

2009-09-28 Thread Stevie K
Hello list, we are planning to setup a new vm running Ubutu Linux as VPN gateway. We need this for two purposes, one static VPN tunnel to a CISCO box and several mobile VPN connections for road warriors. The CISCO VPN tunnel has the following requirements: ° Encapsulating Security Protocol (ESP)