From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 31 23:39:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 02E0F16A4DF for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:39:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from zeus.dfwlp.com (zeus.dfwlp.com [208.11.134.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D243143D5F for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:38:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from athena.dfwlp.com (athena.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.83]) (authenticated bits=0) by zeus.dfwlp.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7VNcuqI072422 for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:38:56 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:38:55 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 References: <80f4f2b20608310912l45efdedcxc72c67f6adab562c@mail.gmail.com> <44F70E11.7020203@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <44F70E11.7020203@dial.pipex.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200608311838.55754.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-25) on zeus.dfwlp.com Subject: Re: can someone point me to some good and descriptive VPN documentation for my use? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:39:03 -0000 On Thursday 31 August 2006 11:28, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > Jim Stapleton wrote: > > I'm trying to VPN in to work from home, and the IT group there only > > supports windows. There are Cisco pre-configured clients for Linux, > > MacOS X, and Windows available, but not BSD. > > > > I tried running the Linux binary, but it wanted to move to a > > nonexistant driectory, and didn't tell me which directory it couldn't > > find, so I couldn't make the proper symlink. > > You could try a strings on the binary to try to find the directory - > assuming that's the only problem, of course :-) > > --Alex > > the most important question is, what type of vpn concentrator do you have? if it happens to be a cisco vpn3000, the try this: /usr/ports/security/vpnc other wise, google "[your vpn model] freebsd" and see what turns up. cheers, jonathan