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Re: Alternatives for IPSec?

To: "'Cedric Berger'" <cedric@wireless-networks.com>
Subject: Re: Alternatives for IPSec?
From: "Jyri Hovila" <jyri.hovila@iki.fi>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 14:54:03 +0200
Cc: <misc@openbsd.org>
In-reply-to: <3C5A8E5E.1060105@wireless-networks.com>
Sender: owner-misc@openbsd.org
Hi Cedric and others! 

>>I'm having a problem with one ISP who does not allow customers to use
>>ESP protocol. Are there any alternatives to IPSec for creating VPN
>>tunnels between two OpenBSD 3.0 gateways?

>For simple things, you can use SSH port redirection.

Unfortunately it doesn't work in this case. I need to connect two whole
LAN's together.

>Now if you are a C programmer and want to pass ESP packet through
>your ISP, you can easily write a small daemon that encapsulate ESP
packet s
>in UDP packets. It's a one-day development!
>Cedric

I'm afraid I'm not too familiar with C. With my skills it's more like a
six-months development... =) But if there was anything like this
available, it would be just what I need.

Thanks again!

Yours,

Jyri

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