Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:22:45 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.ca> To: "Jeff Hamilton" <hjeffrey@hotmail.com>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD as VPN server for Win2000 Clients Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000328142245.01bcf4c0@marble.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <20000328151254.89244.qmail@hotmail.com>
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At 07:12 AM 3/28/00 PST, Jeff Hamilton wrote: >Hi. > >I am interested in setting up FreeBSD to act as a VPN server for remote >users running Windows 2000 Professional. I am restricted to using the VPN >support that is built-in to Win2000, so I can't purchase any addon products. > My boss would also much prefer a free solution on the FreeBSD end. > >Is this possible to do? If so, how do I get started? 2 *possible* options... ptpp (aka point 2 point tunneling protocol), or ipsec. From the ports collection /usr/ports/net/poptop 1.0 Introduction ---------------- 1.1 About PoPToP PoPToP is the PPTP Server solution for Linux. PoPToP allows Linux servers to function seamlessly in the PPTP VPN environment. This enables administrators to leverage the considerable benefits of both Microsoft and Linux. The current pre-release version supports Windows 95/98/NT/2000 PPTP clients and PPTP Linux clients. PoPToP is free GNU software. PoPToP Home Page: http://www.moretonbay.com/vpn/pptp.html But I would try the IPsec route first... ---Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Network Administrator, mike@sentex.net Sentex Communications www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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