On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 08:00:52PM +1000, Luke Burton wrote:
> What I want is a VPN endpoint, running Linux, that can be connected to 
> with free clients for Windows NT/2000/XP and Mac OS X, and Linux as 
> well obviously.
> 

Check out PPTP. It works well with Windows clients, though i havent come
across a Mac client. W2K and XP come with decent PPTP support.

A great PPTP server for Linux is PoPToP.

http://www.poptop.org/

> Freeswan seems the obvious solution, but there is little docco to 
> indicate how I configure it for maximum interoperability. Let alone 
> interop with other free software.

A decent tutorial on IPSec can be found at

http://jixen.tripod.com/

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