[TriLUG] FreeS/WAN

[Ben Simpson]

Mark,

Will it work behind a nat router.   I have a little linksys router that 
is connected to DSL.  Will it connect to a win2000 and or a sonic fire 
wall on the other side of my nat router?
Ben

Mark Turner wrote:

> Hi Ben!
>
> I have set up FreeSWAN many times and really like it. It can be a bit 
> confusing at first but worth the effort, especially since once it's 
> going, you don't have to do much to it. There are two ways of using 
> it, either using a kernel patch or module. I recommend you go the 
> module route first. My stubborn preference for building my own kernels 
> led to a lot more effort when I first set up FreeSWAN.
>
> The documentation is more than adequate to get you going. In fact, I 
> consider it to be one of the better-documented open source projects.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Mark
>
> Ben Simpson wrote:
>
>> Has anyone installed FreeS/WAN and successfully got it to work?
>> How did you like it?
>
>

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