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Sébastien Arnaud wrote: |
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> I would like to setup a VPN server on a small Gentoo box to use it as |
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> an IPSec head end for an office (basically to give remote access to the |
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> members of the office). |
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> Any package in the Gentoo tree that you can recommend to help me to |
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> secure the box (firewall, packet filtering) and establish an IPsec tunnel? |
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It sounds as if there's a few things you want to do. |
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For a firewall, iptables is the way to go, no doubt. Make sure you |
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enable it in the kernel and 'emerge iptables' to get the userland tools. |
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This will also allow you to do stateful packet magic and the like. |
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Snazzy stuff. (http://www.netfilter.org) |
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As for IPsec and that sort of fun stuff, OpenSwan (was FreeSwan) seems |
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to be one of the better options. It will do all manners of IPsec magic |
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but I don't know what clients will work (at least not first hand). If I |
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recall, IPsec is universal and most if not all clients should work in |
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some capacity, but certainly don't quote me on that. |
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(http://www.openswan.org and check out |
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http://wiki.openswan.org/index.php/interoperating for interoperating |
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with non-OpenSwan software.) |
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> Any of you have any experience/thoughts to share? |
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Iptables == your best friend. |
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OpenSwan == a close second. |
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Both of those sites have far more info, but hopefully this will get you |
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going. Hope this helps and good luck. |
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Eric Sammer |
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Gentoo Linux |
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http://www.gentoo.org |
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