Hi Dan, I don't think you are alone in this quest... There are several prebuilt options out there (firecard for instance) that can make the VPN more of an appliance than a PC. However, it's nice to have some control over the configuration, and more satisfying to do it yourself rather than just buy a canned product!
I believe the CF-IDE idea has been done, at least for the regular LRP concept. You could snoop around the various LRP sites. I don't see why it couldn't be extended to include the FreeS/WAN stuff as well. I've got the Steinkuehler version of 1.5 going in several locations, without issue. I just use the floppy drive versions - they are only read on boot - and have yet to have a floppy-caused failure. I avoided the 'superfloppy' by adding a second drive. So I have two 1.44 MB floppies to handle all the modules I need. I'm not sure that the Compact Flash idea is really going to solve all your problems... Why not try the floppy method first? A second set of floppies kept at each site would allow a failsafe should the first set meet an untimely demise. And if you're planning to courier updated CF cards, you could just as easily courier a new set of floppies. Or for that matter, create new disk images you could email and have the remote office write them to floppy. Or SSH and SCP stuff to the remote offices. Using a CD would be even more reliable... In fact I'd be tempted to say more reliable than CF. Given that my floppies see use once a month or less, I don't think you should be overly concerned! Once you build a stable system, you could practically through the floppies away and run the gateway on a UPS - they are that solid. R Brock Nanson, P.Eng. [EMAIL PROTECTED] TRUE Consulting Group 201 - 2079 Falcon Road Kamloops BC V2C4J2 www.true.bc.ca (250) 828-0881 fax: (250) 828-0717 _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user