Subject: Re: VPN server for NetBSD?
To: Daniel Eggert <danieleggert@mac.com>
From: Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
List: port-macppc
Date: 04/25/2003 12:07:11
See "IPsec vs. OSX" by Charles Hannum on tech-net 10/18/02.  We both 
use Kame for IPv6, but different revisions.

At 9:22 AM +0200 4/25/03, Daniel Eggert wrote:
>The built-in VPN functionality in Mac OS X and Windoze is using PPTP 
>and not IPsec / racoon. The term VPN covers a lot of things.
>
>/Daniel
>
>On fredag, apr 25, 2003, at 04:29 Europe/Copenhagen, Alastair Rankine wrote=
:
>
>>I am currently trying to set up IPSec between my NetBSD box and a 
>>friend with OSX. Seems to be almost working ... (damn typos in 
>>config files :)
>>
>>Anyway it's pretty confusing to start with, but there's an 
>>excellent series of intros for FreeBSD (which are also applicable 
>>to NetBSD with only minor tweaks):
>>
>>http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/12/12/FreeBSD_Basics.html
>>http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/12/26/FreeBSD_Basics.html
>>http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/01/09/FreeBSD_Basics.html
>>
>>As far as windows clients go, apparently this is possible but I 
>>haven't tried it. Instructions are here:
>>
>>http://asherah.dyndns.org/~josh/ipsec-howto.txt
>>
>>
>>
>>At 12:46 PM 4/25/2003 -0400, ww@irl.styx.org wrote:
>>>Probably more appropriate for the tech-net list but, OSX has
>>>the same IPSec stack as netbsd so there should be no problem
>>>there. Have a look at the ipsec(8), setkey(8), racoon(8) et. al
>>>man pages.
>>>
>>>-w
>>>
>>>On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 12:22:03PM +0200, Niels S. Eliasen wrote:
>>>>  Hi guys
>>>>  I need to setup a VPN-server on NetBSD (one that'll work together with
>>>>  the VPN client for MACOS X and (sigh...!) Windoze clients...)
>>>>  Any hints, suggestions,  recommendations etc for which one and howto d=
o
>>>>  this wil be greatly appreciated!
>>>>
>>>>  mvh/kind regards
>>>>  Niels S. Eliasen
>>>>  H=F8rhavevej 1
>>>>  DK-4250, Fuglebjerg
>>>>  Tel/Cell: +45 46 32 85 27 +45 21 77 95 90
>>>>  mailto:Niels.Eliasen@delfi-konsult.com


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