[ale] I pester you with a question...

Michael D. Hirsch mhirsch at nubridges.com
Tue Nov 12 14:54:34 EST 2002


On Tuesday 12 November 2002 01:30 pm, trey wrote:
> Oh Wise Ones!
>
> I have looked at a number of VPN solutions over the past couple of
> years. Seems to me that (sticking with a linux-based thing) the best
> options are FreeS/WAN or CIPE.
> Let me paint the picture: I want to let clients (occasional users,
> mostly) connect to a FreeS/WAN box on my network. But I would like the
> clients to just use a hardware-only thing (yes, thing!) on their end.
> Idiot-proofing is the name of the game. I'm digging around - but any
> hard-won experiences you may have to offer will be appreciated.

At my daughter's school they use SmoothWall running on their gateway to 
connect the two campuses.  The users have no idea that it exists.  It is 
essentially "hardware" as far as they are concerned.

Michael


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