Re: free s/wan (really interoperability)

["R. DuFresne" <dufresne () sysinfo com>]

On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Joseph S D Yao wrote:

> Ron DuFresne had asked:
> > Are there any VPN products that do not require the same setup on both ends
> > to impliment?  (i.e. VPN products that are cross-compatible with other
> > products out there)
>
> There is IPsec VPN server software out there that is sold without a
> client - one is directed to several other companies that make IPsec
> clients.  So it would seem that the answer, probably with some caveats,
> is, "yes."
>
> If you consider 'ssh' tunnels to be VPNs [you can do PPP through them],
> then there are also multiple implementations of 'ssh' and 'sshd'.


Okay, I can see the point here with sshd and the various ssh
implementations.  But, I'm more looking at this from a slightly different
perspective.  free s/wan as I understand it requires another free s/wan
box on the otherside of the connection.  I'm trusting the same is the case
with cisco's VPN solution<s> and most likely with FW1's implementation, as
well as many of the other offerings.  Are any as flexible or nearly as
flexible in interoperability as the ssh/sshd implementations mentioned
thus far?


Thanks,

Ron DuFresne
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