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Re: [PLUG] VPN Options and Suggestions
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To be perfectly honest... Your are going to spend a TON of time trying to
get all this to work for all of those platforms.
My advice, depending on your user load, buy a commercial VPN device. If
you dont have alot of users, a PIX 501 can be used with Cisco's VPN
client software - whick I believe is supported for OS X, Linux,
Solaris, and Win32. The Cisco VPN client is much more user friendly too.
A PIX 501 with 10 VPN users will run you $400. More users, a little more
money - maybe a PIX 515. Even though people think of the PIX as a
firewall, its a very robust VPN device. Alot of times you can use the PIX
instead of Cisco's VPN Concentrator - which is more expensive - and only
good if you have a large user base.
-John
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Andrew Libby wrote:
>
> Good Afternoon Folks,
>
> I'm in the process of setting up a VPN, or at least trying to determine
> the best option.
> We'd like the server to be an FC4 machine, unless there's a compelling
> reason to use
> something else. The clients will be Linux, MAC OSX and Win XP (home and
> professional).
> The goal is to support some work from home situations.
>
> I've peeked at three packages, OpenVPN, FreeSWAN, and OpenSWAN. It's
> not obvious to me which is well supported. FreeSWAN seems to be undergoing
> some development after a period of inactivity. OpenSWAN seems new and
> composed
> of FreeSWAN defectors.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Andy
>
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