On 25 Feb 2002, James Pifer wrote: > Maybe third time is a charm? I've gotten no responses on these posts. Is > ANYONE using RH7.2 as a VPN client connecting to a PPTP or IPSec VPN? > ----------------------------------------- > On my new install of RH72 I need to be able to VPN either with PPTP or > IPSec. > > 1) I searched google.com for a pptp client and found one, but when I try > to install it I get a kernel version mismatch. So apparently it was > built for an older kernel. (my kernel is 2.4.7-10). Is there a pptp > client that will work on my version?
Sorry, can't speak to this as I've not tried to work with it. > 2) IPSec. I also searched for IPSec and everything seemed to point me to > freeswan. I've been looking at the documentation. Is it required to > rebuild the kernel to be able to use freeswan as an IPSec client? Are > there RPM's available for Redhat for freeswan? I haven't found any. > > Thanks, > James I'm about to embark down this road. So here's what I've found thus far. Yes, you need to rebuild the kernel to include support for freeswan's ipsec. This is actually quite a straight forward process, as IMHO, the instructions for freeswan are quite good. I believe there is an option to create your own rpm's to install on a seperate system. This is what I'll be focusing on. Also the freeswan users mail list quite active and chucka-block full of interesting reading. Yes there are rpm's available. Sorry don't know where, but I have seen them. I suspect judicious searching on your favorite search engine will illicit some responses. I'm surprised Trond hasn't chimed in with CIPE, which apparently comes with RH 7.2 preconfigured. Haven't used it myself. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
