OpenSWAN+OpenVPN

[teddy mills]

Just this week I setup some OpenSWAN IPSECs between using Ubuntu 
10.10/Amazon EC2/Juniper NetScreen.
Amazon said IPSEC is not supported, but we made it work.

I have used OpenVPN a fair bit in the past.
OpenVPN is an SSL VPN.

OpenSWAN/StrongSWAN/FreeSWAN(deprecated) are true IPSEC vpns.

Most VPN hardware like Cisco will only talk IPSEC.
Some hardware VPNs may talk OpenVPNs language SSL/VPN.

Get as much info about the right side (UofT) connection as possible.

If it is a public accessible VPN, I will connect.

If not, maybe someone on TLUG will want to setup some
OpenVPN or OpenSWAN VPNs between A+B.


Teddy




On 11/18/2010 04:49 PM, William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
> Can anyone point me to an idiot's guide to using OpenVPN, especially
> connecting to U of T?  I have in the past installed and run the setup
> recommended by the University, but as far as I can tell it doesn't *do*
> anything except cut me off the network (I can no longer access anything
> on the Internet).
>
> Obviously, I am missing some aspect of understanding about the process.
>
> On a related note - my desktop is also a server; if I connect to a VPN,
> do I disappear from the public Internet?

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