Re: VPN client for Windows for NetBSD VPN gateway

[Michael Richardson <mcr%sandelman.ottawa.on.ca@localhost>]

>>>>> "Thor" == Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%rek.tjls.com@localhost> writes:
    >> Hello,
    >> 
    >> can somebody recomment a freely available IPsec/IKE based VPN
    >> client that works well with a NetBSD VPN gateway?

    Thor> What's already built into Windows will work -- though it would
    Thor> work somewhat more smoothly if we supported Microsoft's
    Thor> preferred L2TP over IPsec encapsulation.

  If you have fewer than 50 people to connect, the L2TP doesn't gain you
much.  Just give out static IPs for the inside of the tunnel.
  As Thor later days, the whole certificate stuff is a mess either way.

  See http://www.natecarlson.com/linux/ipsec-x509.php#clientwin
  There are a number of ways to get the right windows registry keys in
place.  Avoid XAUTH if you can.

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