Re: cisco / microsoft -- what is the VPN IPsec alternative????

From: phn@icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Date: 12/31/02 

From: phn@icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 14:24:59 +0000 (UTC)

HalDoll2002 <haldoll2002@aol.com> wrote:
> Is there some good software solution for setting up a VPN (IPsec, firewall,
> tunneling, etc.) without having to be a full-blown network engineer to set up?

> I have been advised to simply by a hardware solution (Cisco router), or use
> what is built in with Microsoft, but I don't like either of these choices:

> I don't like the Cisco router direction because of the cost and the lack of
> flexibility, and I don't like the Microsoft one because 1) it is Microsoft, 2)
> It is damn confusing.

> I am looking for something that
> 1) Can be downloaded from the web.
> 2) Can let me set up secure and authenticated VPN connections over standard
> dial-up IP.
> 3) Is NOT difficult to set up (I am not a high-powered techie, and we don't
> have one working here).
> 4) Is NOT expensive.

> Questions :
> A) Are these expectations reasonable?
> B) Where can I find a solution?
> C) What is the right price range for this?
> D) Am I right or what about Cisco and Microsoft

See www.openbsd.org (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html) +
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html ( the IPSec part)

A pair of left-over intel boxes + a few hours of your time
is all you need . Any questions will be answered in "comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc"

> Hal. 

-- 
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        IPSec  Sverige      ( At Gothenburg Riverside )
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