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   Message 897 of 2,348   
   David Green to All   
   Re: DNS, WINS et al   
   09 Apr 04 03:12:16   
   
   From: wouldnt@youliketoknow.com   
      
   I know SSH Sentinel 1.4 allows DNS and WINS server settings   
   if you set it up to allow for virual IP interface.   
      
      
   Dave   
      
      
   On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 13:32:09 +0100, Paul Jones    
   wrote:   
      
   >There seems to be a recurring theme regarding non-M$ VPN solutions for M$   
   >platforms wrt useful IP configuration items that allow clients to access the   
   >remote network in a consistent manner.   
   >   
   >Admittedly I've only evaluated two VPN client packages, Cisco and SafeNet's   
   >SoftRemote. Both of them did not allow me to supply DNS servers to be used   
   while   
   >connected to the remote network. I tried talking to NetGear support, the guy   
   led   
   >me to believe that this is also the case with their VPN Client. Without   
   >providing tunnel specific setting I would have to expose our internal DNS   
   >services to the Internet so that the clients can obtain this information from   
   >the underlying Internet config. Exposing WINS in this manner would probably   
   not   
   >be feasible or sensible.   
   >   
   >Can anyone point me in the direction of an IPSec solution that provides a   
   better   
   >level of integration/configuration ? At the moment we are using FreeS/WAN as   
   the   
   >server, so solutions that are compatible with it are prefered.   
   >   
   >TIA   
   >Paul   
      
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