Re: [WinMac] VPN and Mac/Windows Appleshare Network

From: Michael Tjoa (mtjoa[at]hotjobs.com)
Date: Tue Oct 31 2000 - 11:00:21 PST

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    I remember looking for an VPN Client for Mac and PC which supported the
    IPSec Protocol.

    It eventually brought me to here.

    http://www.pgp.com/products/vpnsuite/default.asp

    I asked for a demo version, a few months ago, but then stopped thinking
    about it. You may want to continue the journey.

    - MTjoa

    There are Always Possibilities...

    Michael Tjoa
    mtjoa@hotjobs.com
    B.A. Director, Systems Integration

    On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Rick Kent wrote:

    > We are trying to set up a VPN so we can connect to our main server
    > from outside the office, but I am having trouble even finding
    > information on how to do it because we have a Mac Appleshare IP 6.3
    > server.
    >
    > We are running a B&W G3 as the main server, running Appleshare IP
    > 6.3. We have Macs, Windows 98, and an NT machine connecting to it
    > and using its main drive as a network drive. Works great.
    >
    > We are running IPNetRouter on a separate Mac 8100, with dual ethernet
    > ports and a DSL connection. (Currently we have a dynamic IP address,
    > and yes I realize we will have to get a static IP address from the
    > phone company when we set up the VPN.) Although we are very happy
    > with IPNetRouter, we would be willing to change to a different
    > router/firewall solution. In fact I use a MacSense router at home to
    > share a cable connection, and it is excellent and easy to configure.
    > A support e-mail from Sustainable Softworks (IPNet Rounter) was not
    > of much help, since they basically just referred me to their
    > newsgroup and I could not find a coherent thread (that I could
    > understand) on the subject.
    >
    > Can anyone suggest a solution that would let us securely connect to
    > our main server from remote locations across the internet? (Without
    > requiring a full time IT person.)
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Rick Kent
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