[TriLUG] OT: need IP-Sec recommendation

[Thomas C. Meggs]

OpenBSD sounds like it is your friend. There is good documentation on 
setting up IPSec, and it works with all the stuff built into Win2k/WinXP.

Regards,
Tom

Greg Brown wrote:
> Hey all, it's so good to be back in the USA!!   That said I've found 
> myself in the position of having to recommend a firewall/VPN box to a 
> small customer within the next week or so.  The network uses, or will be 
> using, a fractional T-1 running at 256k for the Internet connection 
> (router has yet to be determined).  The office has 25 computers (total) 
> and five remote users who want to VPN into the office once everything is 
> migrated from Novel 3.x to Win2k (and desktops upgraded to XP - don't 
> worry, I've got at least two GNU/Linux boxes in the mix as well).
> 
> Anyway, I'm used to thinking about VPNs on a grand scale with grand 
> scale budgets.   This is not the case here.   Budgets are small and 
> tight hence I've tossed the big guns (Lucent Brick, as well as the other 
> enterprise VPN boxes) out the window.  The VPN products from Symantec 
> and WatchGuard look promising but has anyone ever used either one?   Are 
> they reliable?
> 
> Does anyone have any other suggestions for a small office Firewall/VPN 
> device that supports XP clients?
> 
> Greg
> 
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