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Securing Wireless Communications with IPSec
This paper attempts to explain how to configure racoon/ipsec-tools to encrypt wireless communications. Our example does not cover how to configure the wireless gateway as an access point, it assumes that there is a configured wireless access point plugged into one of the nics of the gateway. Our example also assumes the client and gateway [...]
Posted: January 17th, 2007 under DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Networking, Papers, Security.
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Q: How do I update the locate database (updatedb) in *BSD?
A: In the BSDs this command is /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb .
Posted: January 16th, 2007 under Answers, DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, System Administration.
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Q: Why do I get “ERROR: failed to get private key” when trying to establish an IPSec tunnel with racoon (ipsec-tools)?
A: If you are using x509 certificates to authenticate your end-points, it is likely that your private keys are encrypted (assume the private key is named maguro.key) # less maguro.key —–BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY—– Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,94BC2753E921722E BjPpMYZouxEUBSdEtuRrnbcdGaTlmfuIh8RNxuijBU6ZawY1I5hosULrFKzrLzZt FJ9kg9Zo60o7U0FGzI1LTw4UalQnnkgH/quRZ4pJeM20Hjc5m4mj+YDtXAgNXYrw [ snip ] F2EmHvuKGA+kF50n2CF9zXbg95iJZ2Fn57+8FTOmzNDMxQZDgfJ2BM2iy4eCy2kv gp9gSvZrPLXJsw8ezrIsaNGsD9WEKim50je1LiWNMlBiVr8U41wgPg== —–END RSA PRIVATE KEY—– To retrieve the unencrypted private [...]
Posted: January 16th, 2007 under Answers, DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Security.
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