RE: IPsec How-to

From: Libby Charles-CCL044 (Charles.S.Libby_at_motorola.com)
Date: 03/31/05

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    Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:57:12 -0600
To: "Luke Kearney" <lukek@meibin.net>

    >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
    [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Luke Kearney
    >Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:46 AM
    >To: Monah Baki
    >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
    >Subject: Re: IPsec How-to
    >
    >> Hi all,
    >>
    >> I'm reading the FreeBSD handbook, the vpn over ipsec how-to section,
    >> but how do I apply it if I have 1 freebsd machine with 1 NIC, and
    >> multiple XP boxes in a LAN. All communications nfs, ftp etc etc to
    >> that Freebsd machine must be encrypted. Can it be done? is there any
    >> how to for this scenario somewhere?
    >>
    >>
    >> Thank you
    >
    >Hi,
    >Yes it is possible though I won't claim to have done it myself but you
    would probably be best to start off by looking
    >into a program like racoon or something then set up each machine with
    the private keys or certificates. I believe XP is
    > pretty easy setup when it comes to IPSec.

    It is easy to set up, but it only has single key functionality. It does
    not fully support IPSec. This is a big reason why they do not broadcast
    it usablity. They rely on other VPN solutions. One that is up and
    coming is VPN through SSL.

    Charles
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