Re: Setting up a multi-platform VPN?

From: Michael Bretterklieber (mbretter_at_jawa.at)
Date: 07/19/03

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To: Donald Burr of Borg <dburr@borg-cube.com>

    Hi,

    On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Donald Burr of Borg wrote:
    > Now, with my (admittedly virtually nonexistant) knowledge of VPN, I know
    > that Linux boxen tend to use FreeSWAN. FreeBSD, on the other hand, seems
    > to use something called RACOON. And lord knows what OS X uses (although,
    > since it's FreeBSD based, maybe RACOON can be compiled/adapted to use on
    > it too?) (although I just did a Google search, and according to this
    > O'Reilly Network article, it seesm that OS X has its own built-in PPTP
    > implementation: http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/12/20/vpn.html)
    >
    > Can anyone more knowledgable than I help me figure out how to get this
    > multi-platform VPN monster going? Help! I need some backup!!
    >
    You can use MPD as PPTP server on your 4.8 Box.
    (cd /usr/ports/net/mpd && make && make install)

    bye, 

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