[gentoo-server] Frustration with most hardware firewalls, Gentoo VPN

[Jonathan S. Romero]

Hello,

I have become incredibly disenchanted with hardware firewall/VPN solutions.  
Almost every one on the market that I used is a crippled version of something 
that could be made from a linux system.  The manufacturers also charge 
licensing fees for encryption algorithms that are not included by default.

I for a while thought i had found a cost effective solution with the Netgear 
FSV318 VPN router (it has tons of features for vpn), and it was cheap 150$.  
But the thing crashes under heavy vpn load and reboots.

I am thinking about building a new firewall/vpn system with gentoo, does 
anyone on this list use two gentoo systems as VPN endpoints?

-Jonathan S. Romero