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Linux FreeS/WAN

An implementation of IPSEC & IKE for Linux: http://www.freeswan.org

Is no longer in active development, but there is an active fork at: http://www.openswan.org/

• Via some AES patches, it possible to set up a VPN using a very wide set of authentication and encryption algorithms.

• X.509 support for FreeS/WAN - http://www.strongsec.com/freeswan/

• Highly Available VPNs on Linux - http://www.freeswan.ca/docs/HA/HA_VPNS_With_FreeSWAN.html

• GRE Over IPSec - http://lists.freeswan.org/pipermail/users/2002-October/015333.html, http://lists.freeswan.org/pipermail/users/2002-October/015332.html

• Opportunistic Encryption and MultiHoming: http://lists.freeswan.org/pipermail/design/2002-September/003492.html

• Example of interop with Sonicwall: http://www.johnleach.co.uk/documents/freeswan-sonicwall-example/

• Interop with Cisco VPN Concentrator: https://okmaybe.com/~mrroach/Freeswan_Cisco_howto.txt

• A lengthy PDF on Cisco <-> FreeS/WAN configuration: http://www.sans.org/rr/papers/index.php?id=753

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See also VPN, Linux, PPTP, or Networking

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