I've done some research into various vpn solution for linux, here's my take: CIPE is great for one machine to one machine connections, especially if they are not gateways (i.e. encrypted connectiong for host A to host B). Cipe also works reasonable well on gateway servers but you will need to add various routes and make sure your firewalling doesn't block anything (can be tricky depending on exact configuration). I would not use CIPE for more then 3 or so machines as key management/etc becomes a real hassle. SSH solutions (PPPD, etc) are about the same as above. IPSec is the "Real" solution IMNHO, other advantages are that IPSec clients on say Windows can be used as well. It's more work but in the long run it will pay off. FreeSwan is not the best IPSec product from a management point of view however. Kurt Seifried, seifried@securityportal.com Securityportal - your focal point for security on the 'net
Hi, I need to build a VPN connection to a win nt based partner network.
If i'm right this could be done with cipe and freeswan. Which package is recommendet? Who do I havce to configure firewall.rc.config?
My System
Kernel 2.2.18 ipchains 1.3.9-217 SuSEfirewall 4.3-3
Thanks in advance
Thom