Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:57:12 -0600 From: "Libby Charles-CCL044" <Charles.S.Libby@motorola.com> To: "Luke Kearney" <lukek@meibin.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: IPsec How-to Message-ID: <B9ACB6F8DAB0D04CAFCA425D3D2DAE656CBE94@il06exm62.ds.mot.com>
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>From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Luke Kearney >Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:46 AM >To: Monah Baki >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: IPsec How-to > >> Hi all, >>=20 >> I'm reading the FreeBSD handbook, the vpn over ipsec how-to section,=20 >> but how do I apply it if I have 1 freebsd machine with 1 NIC, and=20 >> multiple XP boxes in a LAN. All communications nfs, ftp etc etc to=20 >> that Freebsd machine must be encrypted. Can it be done? is there any=20 >> how to for this scenario somewhere? >>=20 >>=20 >> Thank you > >Hi, >Yes it is possible though I won't claim to have done it myself but you would probably be best to start off by looking >into a program like racoon or something then set up each machine with the private keys or certificates. I believe XP is > pretty easy setup when it comes to IPSec. It is easy to set up, but it only has single key functionality. It does not fully support IPSec. This is a big reason why they do not broadcast it usablity. They rely on other VPN solutions. One that is up and coming is VPN through SSL. Charles
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