From: henny@nospam.hmmsjan.dosgg.nlnospam   
      
   Dear Guenther,   
      
   Günter Vollmer wrote:   
      
   > Hi!   
   >   
   > IPSec may be right. I tried with openVPN and kvpnc was able to read the   
   > file so I thought this would be right.   
   >   
   > I'm not shure if I want to try racoon/setkey if you say it is  far from   
   > easy... :-(   
   >   
   > But lots of thanks to you!!   
   >   
   > bye   
   > Günter   
      
   I remember I used software using .spd files myself for IPSec communication   
   with a Netgear router. Worked fine but produced a bluescreen upon Windows   
   shutdown.   
      
   As far I know, this is only available for Windows.   
      
   The SPD file includes e.g.:   
   Description of the remote network   
   Description of the client virtual ethernet interface   
   Remote VPN server IP address   
   Names of the algorithms for hashing and encrypting   
   Preshared key   
   Optional password   
      
   Packing all together in a .spd file, it is a kind of plug-and-play software:   
   load the client, load the .spd file and connect to the VPN..   
      
   If you have all those date, you are in theory able to setup this in Linux   
   with racoon/setkey.   
   And in my case, it worked before but I'm locked out because the DSL-router,   
   administrated by the provider, blocks the necessary ports.   
      
   Now I'm using OpenVPN, only one user-definable port required, works perfect,   
   but this should run on the server too.....   
      
   Kind Regards,   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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