From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 12 18:10:40 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ED2616A4CE for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 18:10:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cqgigw.cqg.com (cqgigw.cqg.com [208.48.16.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2329B43D45 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 18:10:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tomc@cqg.com) Received: from cqgmail.cqg.com (int.cqg.com [96.0.0.2]) j0CIAUSe015931; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:10:30 -0700 Received: from d3stomc ([192.168.17.154]) by cqgmail.cqg.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j0CIAOpu029862; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:10:24 -0700 From: "Tom Connolly" To: "'Martin McCormick'" , Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:10:24 -0700 Message-ID: <003501c4f8d1$fcb88160$9a11a8c0@d3stomc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 In-Reply-To: <200501121719.j0CHJjx1018275@dc.cis.okstate.edu> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.224 Importance: Normal X-MailScanner: Found to be clean, Found to be clean X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=0, required 3) Subject: RE: UNIX-Based VPN Applications X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 18:10:40 -0000 Martin McCormick wrote: > I have been asked as to whether there are any VPN applications that > can run on UNIX clients using Linux, FreeBSD, and MacOS. I think the > general idea is that they could tunnel in from outside of our campus > and receive an IP number on our network. > > There would probably be a UNIX server on the campus end of the > network to accept these connections. > > Those of us who work here or are students can set up a UNIX box on > campus and use ssh in to it from anywhere. What I am asking about is > whether there is a VPN application that UNIX-users in general can > register with to have a presence on our network. > > Thank you very much. > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > OSU Information Technology Division Network Operations Group > _______________________________________________ I use vpnc which has worked very well. Good luck, Tom