I am using a strongSwan IPSec gateway for Windows 7 and Server 2008 based clients on the same subnet. The Windows VPN client requires a virtual ip address to be assigned by the IPsec gateway. What I ...

First things first: I know MPLS is a routing thing and IPsec is a security thing and in that they cover different things. I just got off the phone with a network provider who told me that IPsec ...

Last month I introduced FreeS/WAN, Linux's implementation of the IPSec tunneling protocol for secure virtual private networks (VPNs). For my sample configuration, I used the common scenario of remote ...

IPSec functions at Layer 3, providing security by using end-to-end tunnels. These are encrypted only at the ends of each tunnel. A major drawback to IPSec is its complexity. Not only does it typically ...

No doubt as a regular reader of WeLiveSecurity, you are already aware of the importance of using VPN networks to guarantee the privacy of your information. In fact, this has been one of our most ...

Depending on their size and configuration, IPsec VPNs can be relatively easy to design and deploy, even if you are not all that knowledgeable about how IPsec actually works. But, if you don’t ...

Normally, when we connect our devices to the internet via WiFi or ethernet, or mobile data, our devices directly connect to the Internet Service providers without anything in the middle. Our entire ...

There are two major types of Internet-based VPNs: IPSec VPNs and SSL VPNs. Each has significant advantages – and disadvantages – in the corporate networking environment. The greatest advantage of ...

IPv6 is starting to show up in around the Internet. Adoption is slow, but with the magic number of 4 billion- plus IPv4 addresses about to be reached, IPv6 will see a much faster pace of adoption as ...

Over the past five years or so, IPSec has emerged as the leading standard for building encrypted virtual private network (VPN) connections. FreeS/WAN (www.freeswan.org), the free secure wide area ...