Re: VPN

[George Bonser <george@shorelink.com>]

Might try CIPE



On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Will Trillich wrote:

> i'm doing debian VPN research for a red-hat fan. hopefully
> we'll get another 'sale' under our belts shortly...
> 
> short version: if i've got ipmasq (which i do) working,
> can i conjure up a few more settings for VPN? if so,
> how? (HOWTO sez to rearrange kernel guts, which i'm averse
> to.)
> 
> long version:
> 
> i found VPN-Masquerade-HOWTO.txt.gz and it looks like
> an overview of the fact that VPN is possible if you're
> willing to get elbow-deep in the bowels of your kernel.
> aaugh! hopefully there's a debian package that's got
> this built in... plus, the HOWTOs are old enough,
> maybe the kernel just comes with VPN already...?
> 
> also, ipfwd and ipport aren't apt-get package names,
> so where are they hidden?
> 
> 
> and in VPN-HOWTO.txt.gz i ran across
> 	For those using 2.2 kernels, please read ``this''.
> which struck me as very funny.
> 
> 
> at www.debian.org with no search capabilities,
> i had some difficulty... but i found this:
> 
> http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/net/ipip.html
> 
> 	This daemon provides an alternative to the kernel-resident support
> 	for IP encapsulation links. It is better suited for situations
> 	where there are many encapsulation connections to be managed,
> 	such as is the case for amateur radio interconnection of network
> 	44. Also, because the daemon is outside the kernel, it provides an
> 	excellent environment for experimenting with alternate mechanisms
> 	for distributing encapsulation routing updates.
> 
> 	If you need one encapsulation link, use the kernel's built-in
> 	support. If you need a lot of encapsulation links, give this
> 	daemon a try.
> 
> i presume encapsulation link is technospeak synonym for VPN?
> this implies that the kernel can do what i'm after, right out
> of the box.
> 
> if it's built in to the kernel, how do we activate it and
> where do we put the settings?
> 
> or am i all wet, again, and encapsulation link means something
> else entirely?
> 
> 
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