Re: FreeBSD as a VPN Server/Router

2006-08-10 Thread Stefan Bethke
Am 10.08.2006 um 01:09 schrieb Christopher Martin: Also, the load IPSec (or any encryption method for that matter) places on the encapsulating router is non-trivial, so be aware that if your hardware is a bit old you may get disappointing performance. I would suggest making the hardware at

FreeBSD as a VPN Server/Router

2006-08-09 Thread Odhiambo Washington
I am going to venture into the field of the security gurus so help me God! It looks like I am gonna get stuck in wet cement, I can feel it;) I have two sites, siteA and siteB. Each site has a horde of Windows PCs behind a FreeBSD box, which acts as a firewall/router/proxy/everything:) Each site

Re: FreeBSD as a VPN Server/Router

2006-08-09 Thread Philip Hallstrom
I am going to venture into the field of the security gurus so help me God! It looks like I am gonna get stuck in wet cement, I can feel it;) I have two sites, siteA and siteB. Each site has a horde of Windows PCs behind a FreeBSD box, which acts as a firewall/router/proxy/everything:) Each site

Re: FreeBSD as a VPN Server/Router

2006-08-09 Thread Jonathan Horne
there is a freebsd based project called pfsense (.org) that would suit your needs perfectly. ive been running it for quite a while now, and i think its the best thing since sliced bread. i have a IPSec WAN between 2 sites (my apt, and my servers that are at a colo). tons of features that are

Re: FreeBSD as a VPN Server/Router

2006-08-09 Thread Eric Schuele
On 08/09/2006 12:33, Odhiambo Washington wrote: I am going to venture into the field of the security gurus so help me God! It looks like I am gonna get stuck in wet cement, I can feel it;) I have two sites, siteA and siteB. Each site has a horde of Windows PCs behind a FreeBSD box, which acts

Re: FreeBSD as a VPN Server/Router

2006-08-09 Thread Stefan Bethke
Am 09.08.2006 um 19:33 schrieb Odhiambo Washington: In this scenario, siteA has several applications running on several windows servers which are behind the FreeBSD box. The challenge is to allow siteB to access these applications securely via the WAN setup. VPN comes straight to mind, but

RE: FreeBSD as a VPN Server/Router

2006-08-09 Thread Christopher Martin
The FreeBSD Handbook has a chapter on this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ipsec.html HTH. The only problem with IPSec is you need static IP addresses for the tunnelling mode (unless somebody knows something I don't, at which point I'd really like to hear

RE: FreeBSD as a VPN Server/Router

2006-08-09 Thread Christopher Martin
Of Christopher Martin Sent: Thursday, 10 August 2006 8:42 AM To: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List (E-mail) Subject: RE: FreeBSD as a VPN Server/Router The FreeBSD Handbook has a chapter on this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ipsec.html HTH