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pfSense 2 Cookbook
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pfSense 2 Cookbook

by Matt Williamson
March 2011
Intermediate to advanced
252 pages
4h 24m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 4. Virtual Private Networking

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Creating an IPsec VPN tunnel
  • Configuring the L2TP VPN service
  • Configuring the OpenVPN service
  • Configuring the PPTP VPN service

Introduction

Virtual Private Networking (VPN) is a cornerstone of modern computer systems. A VPN connection allows a remote user to securely connect to a network and access resources as if he were connected locally.

Like all great things, there are a variety of VPN services out there and pfSense has four most popular implementations built right in. OpenVPN is emerging as the standard VPN protocol, but be aware that you’ll have to download client software for any Microsoft machine (OpenVPN support isn’t built into Windows). IPSec is more complex, but is also ...

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