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IPsec

Configuring an IPsec tunnel between Openswan and Windows 2000/XP with x509

July 30, 2007

This document describes how to get Openswan working with various other IPSec stacks, including Openswan and Windows 2000/XP. If you have any difficulties with this process, please e-mail the Openswan mailing list, or if you can’t get help from there, e-mail me at: ipsec@natecarlson.com. If you are using clients which benefit from receiving an IP [...]

Tagged as: IPsec, Linux, VPN, X.509

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Configuring an IPsec tunnel with Openswan and l2tpd

July 10, 2006

This document describes how to set up a VPN with Openswan combined with L2TPD. This provides for a more user-friendly experience than a standard IPSec VPN on many client operating systems. Note that for most sitesite VPN’s, you will still want straight IPSec.
If you’re not sure if IPSec is right for you, I have written [...]

Tagged as: IPsec, L2TP, Linux, VPN, X.509

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Types of VPN available on Linux

November 22, 2005

Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, are a way of securely accessing resources on your network from untrusted points on the internet. This page describes some of the various types of open-source VPN solutions that are available on Linux systems, with benefits and drawbacks for each solution. I’m not making a VPN comparison, per se, but [...]

Tagged as: IPsec, Linux, Open-source, OpenVPN, PPTP, VPN

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apologies to people asking me for help with ipsec

November 22, 2005

Just want to issue a blanket apology to people who have e-mailed me for help with IPSec that I have not had time to respond to – I’ve been very busy lately, and unfortunately this has fallen on my priority list somewhat.
I’ve been considering posting a forum on my site, to help me better track [...]

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openswan 2.4.0 released

September 16, 2005

Openswan 2.4.0 has been released. Three biggest fixes:

NAT-T support for KLIPS on 2.6 (Sponsored by Astaro)

Additional Cipher support with KLIPS on 2.6 (Sponsored by Astaro)

Fix for NAT-T/PSK rekey (Ulrich @ Astaro)

KLIPS on 2.6 should be big.. once they get it fully working on 2.6.13, I’ll have to give it a shot.

Tagged as: IPsec, Linux, Open-source, VPN

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