A virtual private network establishes a separate, independent connection between two endpoints on a public network. Businesses can set up a VPN tunnel to encrypt data transmitted between two gateways, ...

There is a new set of standards for Internet Key Exchange, which is a key component of IPSec. IKE is a collection of standards that authenticate devices at either end of VPN tunnels, picks encryption ...

History: in the past, pfSense used "raccoon" as its IPSec daemon, and I believe it was not capable of forming this sort of tunnel. They just (version 2.2, released a few days ago) switched to ...

The US National Security Agency (NSA) has published guidance on how to properly secure IP Security (IPsec) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) against potential attacks. Besides providing organizations ...

Erik Eckel details the steps to configuring VPN connectivity and connecting via a configuration profile or by manually entering VPN settings in Mac Lion Server. VPNs remain one of the most popular ...

A VPN is simply an encrypted connection between two computers, each side running VPN software. The two sides, however, are not equal. The software that you, as the user of a VPN service deal with, is ...