Free SSL VPN Solutions?

poison1701 asks: "I am in the process of evaluating SSL VPN solutions to comply with the security regulations that are imposed on my company. So far the only free SSL VPN product I have come across is SSL Explorer Community Edition which looks like a very good product, but the free version lacks some of the features that I want (like the full IPSec client). What other SSL VPN solutions are out there? "

Comments

Openvpn

[brokenin2]

Openvpn... Free, full of features.. Open source.. reliable.. Most everything you'll want, even including a windows client and server (never used under windows though).

Re:Openvpn

[GloomE]

Yah
I'm using it with both Linux and Windows.
Tunnels and point-to-point.

I used to use IPSec, a lot of hassle, takes too long to bring the tunnel back up if it goes down, would go down and not come back up without manual intervention.

OpenVPN however has been perfectly reliable for the 6 weeks I've been using it so far.
The Windows GUI version from http://openvpn.se/ seems to work simply enough for many Windows users.

What do you want.

[DA-MAN]

It looks like you don't understand the terminology properly, and it will be hard to make suggestions.

SSL/TLS is a Transport Layer. It does not mean web based. That said, here are your options for types of vpn's that typical end users usually connect to:

1) Full IP Access: Traditional VPN System. May put you on diff VLAN, but gives you an internal IP (or split tunnel) with access to internal resources directly. This will include OpenVPN, Hamachi, Typical IPSec VPN's, etc.
2) Web based VPN: Usually encapsulated over https (ssl), this creates a pretty frontend for typical tasks. IE File browser for Samba/Win2000/2003 Servers, VNC w/ Redirection, etc
3) Remote Machine Access: This includes NX, Remote Desktop, ssh and vnc. These give you direct access to a specific machine, which has access to other machines internally.

It seems like when you say SSL, you mean web based. And when you say IPSec, you mean Full IP Access. If this is correct, then you'll need to use two open source products.

I'd highly recommend using SSL Explorer for web based access, and OpenVPN for IP based access. If you don't mind paying, some of the low end Netscreens from Juniper will do both beautifully.

Either way, please familiarize yourself with the technologies before you go talking to vendors, unless you're looking to get ripped off.

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