I'm hoping to set up a VPN tunnel between two Linux boxes across the Internet. One Linux box will have an Ethernet interface using DHCP to the Internet. It will be running a firewall on this interface (using ipchains, I suspect). The other Linux box will have an Ethernet connection with a static IP address, and will exist behind a router that has a firewall built-in to it. I have complete control over both Linux boxes and the firewalls between them. I'm trying to decide what the best mechanism for setting up this VPN is. Ideally, I would like to use IPSEC and L2TP. I like L2TP because it uses PPP to actually do the interface-to-interface stuff, and PPP is very, very flexible (I can use proxy ARP, tunnel AppleTalk, etc). I like IPSEC because it is the recommended basis for securing L2TP. I'm aware of an L2TP implementation for Linux, and I've found FreeS/WAN. Does anyone have any experience using IPSEC and L2TP together, particularly on Linux? If not, what other options would you recommend for VPNs? Thanks to all for any information. Rob --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Newberry Director of Fajita Technology Group Logic, Inc. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
