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Build an IPSEC VPN Without Losing Your Mind

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 29, 2009

[ Thanks to Michael
Hall
for this link. ]

“With latency-sensitive or high bandwidth requirements, often we
find OpenVPN unable to perform. IPSEC is the solution, but the
barrier to using IPSEC is great. It is potentially difficult to
configure, and one’s first exposure to VPN concepts is often
confusing.

“With the concepts explained, the task of actually making IPSEC
work becomes much more tenable. Likewise, using Openswan, the fork
and improvement of FreeS/WAN, makes configuring IPSEC almost
fun.

“We will explain how to create a network-to-network connection
so hosts at two remote sites can communicate with each other. If
you have trouble setting this up, first try host-to-host mode,
using the excellent tutorial on the Openswan wiki.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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