[ale] OT: FreeBSD VPN Question

[Joseph A Knapka]

Robert Heaven wrote:
> 
> I know there's a few FreeBSD'ers on here so I'll ask this question.
> 
> Has anyone ever had any success getting a VPN connection between a
> FreeBSD client and a Cisco VPN Concentrator? (unfortunately, Cisco
> doesn't make a client for FreeBSD and I can't get the Linux client from
> the Cisco web site unless I have a service agreement)

Cisco's VPN protocols are supposedly IPSec, so someone
sufficiently knowlegeable about IPSec, and with admin
access to the Cisco box, could almost certainly get
any compliant IPSec implementation to talk to the Cisco.
Unfortunately, that is all I can tell you; I was never
able to get my *BSD box to talk to my employer's Cisco,
mainly because I was too clueless about IPSec :-P. Working
on fixing that, but not far enough along to tell you
anything much useful.

Cheers,

-- Joe
  Using open-source software: free.
  Pissing Bill Gates off: priceless.

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