[Techtalk] FreeS/WAN questions

[Nils Philippsen]

On Mon, 2002-04-15 at 02:15, Carla Schroder wrote:
> Hi smart persons one and all,
> 
> I'm digging into VPN tools, right now looking at FreeS/WAN. Questions:
> 
> 1. With Frees/WAN, once you set up your connection, all network traffic flows 
> over it, so everything moving over your link is protected, correct?

Correct for the direct link, yes. For a network behind the link, the
correct routes must be setup (but AFAIK that's done by the scripts
shipped with FreeS/WAN).

> 2. How does the user initiate a connection? I've studied the docs until my 
> eyes are crossing, and it's not sinking in. Two common scenarios:
> 
> -traveller using dialup
> -telecommuter with DSL or ISDN

The ipsec interface must be up and in the case of a VPN network, the
routes over the VPN gateway have to be setup properly (i.e. via the VPN
gateway).

> Is there a step the user needs to take to initiate the secure connection, or 
> can it be set up automatically?

Both, depends on how it is set up. Haven't looked into FreeS/WAN for
quite a while, so I can't say what's done per default there.

Nils
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