[ale] IPSec client for Linux?

[Mark Arneson]

I used Linux at home connecting to a Sonicwall VPN for a while.  I
didn't have any trouble using several computers here to connect to the
corp. LAN.
I'm pretty sure a linux box would work perfectly for an office VPN
device.  Just make sure you have rock solid hardware.


-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Chris Fowler
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 7:37 PM
To: Brian MacLeod; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] IPSec client for Linux?


That looks cool.  Is anyone here using it to allow remote winbloze XP
laptops access to the corporate net?

On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 18:54 -0400, Brian MacLeod wrote:
> Equipment?  As in, off the shelf, or something you can build?  If it 
> is something you can build, OpenVPN might work for you.
> 
> http://openvpn.net
> 
> bnm
> 
> 
> On 6/14/05, Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
> > I need to deploy some VPN equipment at my office.  I was thinking of

> > using PopTop with the Windows XP built in client but I'm afraid that

> > might not be good enough.  I need something solid.  Ideas?
> > 
> > On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 16:56 -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> > > I've have used the Linux version of CiscoVPN with good success.
> > >
> > > I am presently using vpnc (open source) as it lets me manually 
> > > control routes that CiscoVPN forces on me.  For instance, at work 
> > > the network in France is 192.168.84.0, but that is the same for me

> > > somewhere else.  So if I use CiscoVPN then I am forced to change 
> > > my home and other places to use networks not used at work.  With 
> > > vpnc all I have to is add routes (even /32s) to the tun0 device 
> > > for the subnets that I want routed over the vpn.  One thing to 
> > > know if you plan on using vpnc: if you don't know your IPSec group

> > > "secret" (password) for your VPN, just cut-copy-paste the 
> > > encrypted "enc_GroupPwd" from your .pcf file into this form and it

> > > will decrypt it for you: 
> > > http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/bin/cisco-decode
> > >
> > > hth,
> > >
> > > -Jim P.
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 15:36 -0500, ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> > > > Does anyone VPN in to their employer's network using anykind of 
> > > > IPSec client for Linux?
> > > >
> > > > If I had a solution for that, I think I could stop using 
> > > > windows. On Windows, I'm currently using a Cisco IPsec client to

> > > > access a customer VPN and a Lucent IPsec client to access 
> > > > Lucent's network.
> > > >
> > > > I know that FC3 has a IPsec client.  Has anyone ever gotten it 
> > > > to work?
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