Free VPN for Mac OS X?

[lucia]

I'm hunting for an easy-to-use vpn for my mac. Any thing to recommend?

Thank you in advance.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

OS X has a built-in client that's compatible with a couple different VPN protocols. (L2TP, PPTP, and IPSec)

http://help.it.ox.ac.uk/network/vpn/macosx-native/index

You set them all up the same way, more or less (through the Network control panel) so they're all equally "easy to use."

Just googling for "free IPSec VPN" or "free L2tp VPN" will get you a bunch of hits.

I'm not 100% sure I'd trust a free VPN service, of course. If you're not paying for something, you're the product.

 

[manly]

I've never setup a VPN, but OpenVPN also has an easy to use client interface for Mac (Tunnelblick).

Apparently, Tunnelblick can also setup the Server side, if you're comfortable with a command-line.

OS X Server also has a VPN service.

 

[lucia]

Just googling for "free IPSec VPN" or "free L2tp VPN" will get you a bunch of hits.

I'm not 100% sure I'd trust a free VPN service, of course. If you're not paying for something, you're the product.

fair enough:thumbsup:

 

[lucia]

I've never setup a VPN, but OpenVPN also has an easy to use client interface for Mac (Tunnelblick).

Apparently, Tunnelblick can also setup the Server side, if you're comfortable with a command-line.

OS X Server also has a VPN service.

Nice share, I'll let my gf give it a shot.