Securing Wireless Networks with IPSEC and FreeBSD

GoldenScrewdriver writes: "A colleague of mine has written an excellent article on how to secure your wireless network using an IPSEC VPN tunnel, NAT, and a FreeBSD firewall. With the inherent weaknesses of WEP, I thought this article might be interesting to those who prefer some privacy on their wireless link." If this might fit your situation, you might also find this earlier article interesting as well.

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Another misleading article.

[Rick the Red]

Sheesh! This is getting out of hand. GoldenScrewdriver writes

"A colleague of mine has written an excellent article on how to secure your wireless network using an IPSEC VPN tunnel, NAT, and a FreeBSD firewall. With the inherent weaknesses of WEP, I thought this article might be interesting to those who prefer some privacy on their wireless link."

OK, I admit, I missed the last word there, "link", and concentrated on the previous phrase "wireless network", which also appears in the subject ("Securing Wireless Networks with IPSEC and FreeBSD"). But, true to Slashdot form lately, this is not about securing wireless networks, it's about securing a wireless link between your firewall and your ISP. Yeah, right -- that applies to what, five people? V.s. hundreds running actual wireless LANs on the other side of the firewall?

GIVE US A FUCKING BREAK. PLEASE make the subjects reflect what the story's really about, so we won't waste our time!

"If this might fit your situation, you might also find this earlier article interesting as well."

No, I didn't. That earlier article had nothing about encrypting wireless LANs, other than the helpful suggestion that you might want to consider it, and concludes with "Configuring IPsec is beyond the scope of this article." No shit.