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Date:      Wed, 5 Mar 2008 23:33:41 +0000 (UTC)
From:      D Hill <d.hill@yournetplus.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: VPN - Which way to go?
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.1.00.0803052329560.3242@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com>
In-Reply-To: <47CF2B0B.2090905@student.utwente.nl>
References:  <47CF2B0B.2090905@student.utwente.nl>

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On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 at 23:21 -0000, a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl confabulated:

> Howdy people,
>
> I need to setup a VPN connection to the university's network. Now, there's a
> chapter in the handbook about "VPN over IPsec" and there seems to be this
> thing called OpenVPN in the ports collection. Which is the better way to go?
> All I need is to obtain an IP address within the university's IP range
> (because otherwise I can't use their outgoing STMP), that's all. So as
> simple a solution as possible would be preferred.
>
> Suggestions are welcome.

We have a Cisco VPN set up where our servers are being colocated. I'm 
using vpnc:

   /usr/ports/security/vpnc

The configuration file has IPSec set up using its parameters:

   IPSec gateway
   IPSec ID
   IPSec obfuscated secret

Don't know if this helps or not.

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