VPN solution for FreeBSD

[xyyz]

at the moment i have a win2k3 server that's taken the role of the VPN server using PPTP. i'm connecting to the home network from abroad at the moment.

unfortuantely, there are some issues that are going to make me stop using win2k3 as the VPN server.

i'd like to use my FreeBSD box as my vpn server. the problem is that i haven't seen documentation where i can use FreeBSD as a VPN endpoint for a client machine. from all the IPSec examples, you have firewall/server-2-firewall/server VPNs, but never server-2-client solutions.

i really need to be able to connect my laptop through a dial-up account using the internet, without the need for an addtional server between the laptop and the FreeBSD VPN server.

does anyone know if this is possible?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Maybe (I didn't read any of these):
http://renaud.waldura.com/doc/freebsd/pptp/
http://www.freebsddiary.org/pptp.php
http://linux-bsd-central.com/index.php/content/view/8/

 

[xyyz]

nice nice...

you got anything for an IPSec solution with the same freebsd-server to winxp-client setup?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: xyyz
nice nice...

you got anything for an IPSec solution with the same freebsd-server to winxp-client setup?

Try this

That's how I found the others. If I remember, I'll dig around a bit later.

 

[xyyz]

your google is stronger than mine.

i did the search from google before coming here. unfortunately, i can't find a client-server solution. just gateway to gateway.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Again, I don't have time to read this right now, but:
http://www.daemonnews.org/200101/ipsec-howto.html

I'm also not sure what FreeBSD uses for IPSEC, but I'd think that knowing the IP addresses and whatnot would be a small part of the authentication in the setup. I haven't gotten around to messing with VPNs though...

 

[xyyz]

that last post looks, pretty much like what i need.

are you by chance familiar at all with OpenVPN?

 

[n0cmonkey]

I've never really done anything with VPN. Anytime I think I'm interested something shiny distracts me. Oooh a quarter!

 

[groovin]

racoon is the most popular ipsec vpn server for bsd. ive connected many offices with it. the only problem with it was it didnt support road warriors at all. thats supposed to have changed recently, but i have since started using m0n0wall (www.m0n0.ch/wall) which is a stripped down version of freebsd aimed at embedded platforms.

 

[nightowl]

groovin, that looks pretty cool. It also has PPTP support too.