Thanks! I knew there had to be something out there but in the wealth of ports, I couldn't find it.
On Monday 09 June 2003 08:20 pm, Brent Wiese wrote: > Use MPD (its in the ports) for PPTP support, which is built into w2k. > On the user side, its "friendly" to set up because it presents the > user w/ a modem-type setup where you "dial" a vpn box. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David > > Kelly Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 9:03 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: VPN from one Win2k host to a FreeBSD network? > > > > > > This has been covered many times before, I'm sure, just I > > just can't find it now I have need. > > > > A consultant with one Win2k system behind a home-office NAT > > firewall needs to speak Microsoft protocols to an NT4 server > > inside my FreeBSD NAT firewall. Also connect to the Oracle > > database. > > > > I currently have an IPsec VPN to yet another site with an > > identical FreeBSD firewall as I have here. Microsoft > > protocols flow over that link as well. > > > > The fact her remote Win2k system is already behind NAT > > suggests to me using Win2k built-in IPsec isn't going to work > > with racoon? > > > > She can ssh to my FreeBSD system. I have not disabled sshd > > port forwarding. An attractive low threshold of pain might be > > to use PuTTY on Win2k and port forward to here. Research > > suggests she would have to disable filesharing, or possibly > > remove that module, in order to free ports 137-139 so this > > would work. Might work but isn't "low threshold of pain." > > > > Simple ssh port forwarding should work fine for Oracle. > > > > Next thought would be to tunnel PPP thru SSH. Have found > > plenty of examples of how to do this Unix to Unix but not > > from inferior OS's. > > > > Yet another thought was to use PPPoE. Win2k should have a > > PPPoE client. Is there a tool on FreeBSD to receive such > > connections? Would it appear on the Win2k system as another > > network interface or would it be her sole interface while it > > is up? Encryption for PPPoE? > > > > -- > > David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > =================================================================== > >== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its > > capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. > > _______________________________________________ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-> questions > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
