Re: Laptop to OpenBSD firewall VPN

Try Google'ing for "windows xp ipsec openbsd".  I used
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~mvanopst/xp2obsd.pdf to assist me in configuring my
network.  I believe that if you are running Windows and not using Windows XP
(on the client end), you need to install the commercial PGPNet or another
IPsec compatible client.  The Windows XP IPsec support is native, but it is
difficult to configure, and I would hesitate rolling it out in a corporate
VPN environment. 

- Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Bernard Golden [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 5:07 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Laptop to OpenBSD firewall VPN


I have been tasked with setting up a VPN arrangement to enable our user
population to contact our servers from their laptops at home. I have
reviewed the vpn man pages as well as the VPN overview that's available and
think I understand them. However, it seems like they describe a setup to
link two networks across the Internet in a static arrangement. We envision a
dynamic arrangement with, I assume, some kind of client software to be run
on the laptops that will contact the firewall and set up a secure VPN link.

None of the doco seems to apply to our situation. Can anyone point me toward
some info on how to set this kind of thing up? It seems like there should be
some online doco or a book that describes this, but I haven't been able to
find one.

TIA.

Bernard Golden