VPN's with Netgear or Linksys.

David A. Bandel david
Mon May 17 11:29:03 PDT 2004


On Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:31:12 -0500
begin  Jerry McBride <mcbrides9 at comcast.net> spewed forth:

> On Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:27:07 -0500 "David A. Bandel" <david at pananix.com>
> wrote:
> 
> 
> ---snip---
> 
> > FreeS/WAN is still the answer.  You can't do it without software. 
> > Might as well use the best.
> > 
> 
> I haven't setup a vpn, but I'm sure I will someday. I know that
> freeS/WAN is an excellent linux vpn solution, but what about a windows
> client? Is there an equivalent microsoft solution?
> 

M$ doesn't have a true VPN, they have a VN.  It uses their usual
kindergarden cryptography (i.e., rot-13).

However, as long as the M$ box is located behind the FreeS/WAN gateway,
traffic leaving the gateway for the other private network will be
encrypted.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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