IPsec on Mac OS X Panther?

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Posted by Cliff on Thursday February 12, 2004 @11:42PM from the getting-it-to-work dept.

ItsMr.Data wants to take a bite out of this issue: "I just got a new PowerBook with Airport. I wish to use it in the wireless network at the university I attend. The problem is that the university uses BlueSocket to secure the WIFI connections. The BlueSocket gateway is configured for IPsec tunnels. The client tool that BlueSocket provides does not work properly under Panther. I was told by the network department that it would be up to me to find a solution until BlueSocket comes out with an updated client. Being a poor college student, I would like to find a cheap or free solution. I have never worked with VPNs or IPsec. Do any Slashdot readers have any good ideas?"

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Poor? by avalys · 2004-02-12 23:47 · Score: 5, Funny

A new Powerbook? I wish I was a poor college student.

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1. Re:Poor? by Mariani · 2004-02-13 00:00 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Poor after buying a Powerbook.
Re:IPSec should work fine; need config info by kerry-buckley · 2004-02-13 00:36 · Score: 5, Funny

my biggest bit of advice is find some friendly, knowledgeable admin, find out what she likes to drink, and buy her lots of it.
And hope she doesn't hit you when you admit that you only got her drunk "because you wanted to find out how her tunnel was configured".
Re:At Rutgers... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-13 01:42 · Score: 4, Funny

That's the thing though. His mileage has varied.

5, informative?
Re:+1, Funny by alaeth · 2004-02-13 02:54 · Score: 3, Funny

I find Slurpees(Squishees? whatever) and donuts work best. I somehow manage to get a PC upgrade every cycle... my co-workers are mystified ;)

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Silly Freshman by krray · 2004-02-13 03:25 · Score: 2, Funny

Back in my day we didn't have all these fancy wireless type connections. We were happy with the new 2400 baud modem pool and ignored the 1200 baud pool. Inside the campus ISN (predates ISDN) was the communication method preferred (with WIRES).

The problems over the years really haven't changed all that much. My ISN port was @ 9600 baud and I wanted the full 38,400 baud available. Hack in.

Fortunately the modem pool tied in via ISN -- need a modem? Reset a few ports and take control. Server on campus too busy? Knock 'em all offline. I can even think of a few locks on doors that didn't slow us down. Oh, and when we needed software ... we WROTE IT ourselves.

Hack on.
1. Re:Silly Freshman by lullabud · 2004-02-13 05:49 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Oh yeah? Well back in the cave man days we didn't even know what wires were, so we HAD to communicate wirelessly. I remember slaving away in front of that fire with that blanket, crafting SSP (smoke signal protocol) packets by hand. Sometimes it would take more than 10 minutes to get an initial ping back because they other side hadn't started their fire yet. Even if they had, it took over a minute just to get an intro line of chat finished. Rain storm? Night time? Don't even bother, your network was down for the count.
2. Re:Silly Freshman by BorgCopyeditor · 2004-02-13 11:59 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Oh yeah? Well, before the Lord God sorted the primordial muck into water and earth and established the firmament of the heavens to separate the waters above from the waters below, I used to have to ...
  Oh, never mind.
  
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Re:The wonders of bad moderation by sinergy · 2004-02-20 07:41 · Score: 2, Funny

And with me typing this reply, it will now probably be the only response when somebody types in "PEAP Panther Chocolate Ovaltine"

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