Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 11:08:32 -0700 From: "Brent Wiese" <brently@bjwcs.com> To: "'Donald Burr of Borg'" <dburr@borg-cube.com>, "'FreeBSD Questions'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Setting up a multi-platform VPN? Message-ID: <018301c35b7c$96621af0$0a0114ac@home.bjwcs.com> In-Reply-To: <20030718171119.Y78744@borg-cube.com>
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Make your life much easier and buy a Snapgear box to act as your = gateway. The VPN support is great and easy to set up. It does both PPTP and IPSEC = so you're covered on all o/s. It runs linux (freeswan for ipsec and poptop for pptp) so is very configurable if you're familiar, although unlikely you'll want/need to = do much configuring. At their pricepoints, its just not worth the time trying to get a = regular pc set up as the gateway/vpn. http://www.snapgear.com Cheers, Brent > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=20 > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of=20 > Donald Burr of Borg > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 5:12 PM > To: FreeBSD Questions > Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org > Subject: Setting up a multi-platform VPN? >=20 >=20 > I am in business with a couple of friends of mine, and to=20 > that end we are sharing an office with a single high-speed=20 > DSL connection. We are using FreeBSD (4.8-RELEASE, soon to=20 > be upgraded to -STABLE) as our gateway for the ineternal=20 > network, as well as serving e-mail, Web, etc. >=20 > Some of us like to work at home sometmes, and in fact there=20 > are even days when NO ONE is in the office and we're all=20 > working from our various homes. >=20 > To that end, we would like to be able to set up a VPN, so=20 > that those people who are working from home can access the=20 > office network directly. >=20 > Now here's the problem: all of us are using different OS's. =20 > I use FreeBSD on my desktop, but sometimes I like to work on=20 > the couch, in which case I use my Titanium PowerBook running=20 > Mac OS X (which is of course based on FreeBSD). My boss uses=20 > OS X on his iBook, and my other friend uses a Linux box. >=20 > Now, with my (admittedly virtually nonexistant) knowledge of=20 > VPN, I know that Linux boxen tend to use FreeSWAN. FreeBSD,=20 > on the other hand, seems to use something called RACOON. And=20 > lord knows what OS X uses (although, since it's FreeBSD=20 > based, maybe RACOON can be compiled/adapted to use on it=20 > too?) (although I just did a Google search, and according to=20 > this O'Reilly Network article, it seesm that OS X has its own=20 > built-in PPTP > implementation:=20 > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/12/20/vpn.>; html) >=20 >=20 > Can anyone more knowledgable than I help me figure=20 > out how to get this multi-platform VPN monster going? Help! =20 > I need some backup!! >=20 > Thanks, > Donald > dburr@borg-cube.com > --=20 > Donald Burr of Borg <dburr@borg-cube.com> | FreeBSD: The=20 > Power to Serve! > Website: http://www.borg-cube.com/ | http://www.freebsd.org/ > PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212=20 > \----------------------------- > Tel: (805)563-0672 ICQ# 16997506 Present Day...=20 > Present Time! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=20 > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd->; questions >=20 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to=20 > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 >=20
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