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| − | Some (many) community members have expressed interest in an IPsec VPN .. so they can access the VPN from their phones!
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| − | We hope to prepare a "one-click" installer for this.
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| − | OpenSwan is on open source IPsec server that is an RPM avaialble in Fedora (yum install openswan), and here's a [http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch35_:_Configuring_Linux_VPNs link to a HOWTO] to start using it!
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| − | Another good link 
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| − | [http://deadlysoft.com/www.deadlysoft.com/Blog/54232B97-C6E8-46CB-B1DD-62E52C3A96AC.html VPN - Linux and iPhone 3G/Mac OS X]
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| − | http://wiki.openswan.org/index.php/Openswan/Install
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| − | ''''''NOTE: YOU "MUST" REMOVE OPENVPN BEFORE DOING THIS''''''
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| − | To remove OpenVPN do the following command (as root) in terminal:
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| − | <code>yum remove openvpn openvpn-server</code>
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| − | To get started:
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| − | <tt>yum install openswan ppp x12tpd openssl</tt> (answer yes as required)
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| − | Based on http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid39_gci1286413,00.html
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| − | create your conf file 
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| − | <tt>/etc/ipsec.d/yourconf.conf</tt>
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| − | get a copy of 
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| − | <tt>/etc/ipsec.d/examples/no_oe.conf</tt>
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| − | [http://www.g-loaded.eu/2005/11/10/be-your-own-ca/ Create your own server certificate]
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| − | and follow instructions from this link!
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| − | back to yourconf.conf file ... set certificates location 
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| − | <tt>/etc/pki_jungle/myCA/certs/server.crt</tt>
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| − | ... ipsec.conf file ready!
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| − | <tt>service ipsec start</tt>    to start the ipsec server
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| − | Still need to :
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| − | i. Configuring xl2tpd
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| − | ii. Configuring pppd
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| − | iii. Launching the VPN
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| − | ==Setting Up A better place to start!==
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| − | http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/networking/freeswan-l2tp.html
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