From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 13 09:26:40 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3CEC106566B for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:26:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C88D8FC1C for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:26:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LMfXg-0002Ij-BQ for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:26:36 +0000 Received: from ip72-210-64-216.mc.at.cox.net ([72.210.64.216]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:26:36 +0000 Received: from jvk-list by ip72-210-64-216.mc.at.cox.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:26:36 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Joe Kraft Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:28:16 -0500 Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <20090113054745.GA14636@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ip72-210-64-216.mc.at.cox.net User-Agent: KNode/0.10.9 Sender: news Subject: Re: Looking for pointer to VPN / IPSEC info X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jvk-list@thekrafts.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:26:41 -0000 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.