IPSEC / VPN - Howto for newbies

[Leonard Isham]

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 22:31:12 +0100, Roger Grosswiler <roger at gwch.net> wrote:
> Alex Evonosky wrote:
> 
> 
> > Leonard Isham wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Consider OpenVPN http://openvpn.sourceforge.net.
> >>
> >
> > yes, the openVPN is very solid.  We use it in production enviroments
> > with no issues.  I must say, we migrated off freeSWAN onto openVPN, and
> > this software really is good.
> >
> > 
> ok, but how about the implemented ipsec-solution under fc3? is this not
> usable?
> 

Possible, but not easy.  For one thing you'll need a new kernel. 
FreeSWAN has stopped development, byt two others have arisen from it's
ashes StrongSWAN and OpenSWAN.

Some googling should get you the answers you need.


-- 
Leonard Isham, CISSP 
Ostendo non ostento.