Re: Can't find suitable firewall/VPN software for dynamic IPs
From: Chris (ceo_at_nospan.on.net)
Date: 03/11/04
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 18:00:00 GMT
kenw@kmsi.net wrote:
> Leythos <void@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>
>>In article <fe9d20l0ddemoq23mj3kuaa414qg8bm4b3@4ax.com>, kenw@kmsi.net
>>says...
>>
>>>Is there _any_ open source firewall solution that provides VPN endpoints
>>>with dynamic IPs, and supports Microsoft (or free) VPN clients for Windows
>>>XP?
>>
>>...
>>A simple Linksys VPN router will do all of this an more. The VPN routers
>>allow IPSec over dynamic IP's using the user name and key method.
>>--
>
>
> Personally, if I were going hardware, I'd use a Netopia -- say, their
> 3381-ENT. It's more flexible.
>
> But I wanted an open source software-based solution, and although I plenty
> of mention of dynamic DNS, I see little about dynamic IPs for VPN
> endpoints.
>
> For example, the SmoothWall FAW says:
>
>>< Pre-shared Key (PSK/Shared Secret) authentication and Dynamic IP
>>< addresses are not compatible. This is a general VPN issue and is
>>< not specific to SmoothWall systems.
>
> and:
>
>>< The SmoothTunnel and SmoothNode VPN Add-On modules for Corporate
>>< Server both support dynamic IP addresses.
>
>
> Admittedly, I wasn't really thinking of IPsec with dynamic IPs, although
> it's an intriguing possibility. But I don't see any simple, open source
> solutions for that, either.
>
> The hardware firewall solution certainly looks better at the moment.
>
Have you looked at m0n0wall? It's FreeBSD based, which originally
caused me some skepticism, but I'm using it as my FW applicance now.
EXTREMELY nice. High-powered for $0. (Unbelieveable) Comes with an
ISO if you want to run on commodity PC HW (read "junk 486 with two
NICs"), or will run with a nice footprint using Soekris Engineering
boards. I didn't read all your requirements, but I think you would be
surprised. Blows Smoothwall out of the water IMO. OTS fw/routers
(Linksys, Netgear, etc.) don't even compare.
http://m0n0.ch/wall
http://www.soekris.com
-ceo
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