From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 13 06:07:27 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 4113E1065672 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:07:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@mi.celestial.com) Received: from dorsai-02.celestial.com (dorsai-02.celestial.com [192.136.111.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D22F8FC12 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:07:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@mi.celestial.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by dorsai-02.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7900E20449A3 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:47:46 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at celestial.com Received: from dorsai-02.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (dorsai-02.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id bk1P2k3OtvXf for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:47:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com (hayek.celestial.com [192.136.111.12]) by dorsai-02.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D34620242D5 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:47:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1877768D48404; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:47:46 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mi.celestial.com Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ayn.mi.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id nidCVFAVcwCS; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:47:45 -0800 (PST) Received: by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id DB41268D483FD; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:47:45 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:47:45 -0800 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090113054745.GA14636@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 OpenPKG/% (2008-05-17) 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: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:07:27 -0000 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 -- INTERNET: bill@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Currencies do not float, they sink at different rates.