From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 9 18:43:51 2003 Return-Path: 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 685FB37B401 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 18:43:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (user-24-214-34-52.knology.net [24.214.34.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6209643FA3 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 18:43:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5A1heV8057614; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 20:43:40 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h5A1hd7D057613; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 20:43:39 -0500 (CDT) From: David Kelly To: "Brent Wiese" , Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 20:43:39 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <00b101c32eee$6e438a00$0a0114ac@home.bjwcs.com> In-Reply-To: <00b101c32eee$6e438a00$0a0114ac@home.bjwcs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200306092043.39707.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Re: VPN from one Win2k host to a FreeBSD network? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 01:43:51 -0000 Thanks! I knew there had to be something out there but in the wealth of ports, I couldn't find it. On Monday 09 June 2003 08:20 pm, Brent Wiese wrote: > Use MPD (its in the ports) for PPTP support, which is built into w2k. > On the user side, its "friendly" to set up because it presents the > user w/ a modem-type setup where you "dial" a vpn box. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of David > > Kelly Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 9:03 AM > > To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org > > Subject: VPN from one Win2k host to a FreeBSD network? > > > > > > This has been covered many times before, I'm sure, just I > > just can't find it now I have need. > > > > A consultant with one Win2k system behind a home-office NAT > > firewall needs to speak Microsoft protocols to an NT4 server > > inside my FreeBSD NAT firewall. Also connect to the Oracle > > database. > > > > I currently have an IPsec VPN to yet another site with an > > identical FreeBSD firewall as I have here. Microsoft > > protocols flow over that link as well. > > > > The fact her remote Win2k system is already behind NAT > > suggests to me using Win2k built-in IPsec isn't going to work > > with racoon? > > > > She can ssh to my FreeBSD system. I have not disabled sshd > > port forwarding. An attractive low threshold of pain might be > > to use PuTTY on Win2k and port forward to here. Research > > suggests she would have to disable filesharing, or possibly > > remove that module, in order to free ports 137-139 so this > > would work. Might work but isn't "low threshold of pain." > > > > Simple ssh port forwarding should work fine for Oracle. > > > > Next thought would be to tunnel PPP thru SSH. Have found > > plenty of examples of how to do this Unix to Unix but not > > from inferior OS's. > > > > Yet another thought was to use PPPoE. Win2k should have a > > PPPoE client. Is there a tool on FreeBSD to receive such > > connections? Would it appear on the Win2k system as another > > network interface or would it be her sole interface while it > > is up? Encryption for PPPoE? > > > > -- > > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net > > =================================================================== > >== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its > > capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-> questions > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.