Archive for 'FreeBSD'
Configuring racoon/ipsec-tools to use x509 Certificates
This paper reviews the process to configure racoon/ipsec-tools to authenticate IPSec communications via x509 certificates.
Our example does not cover howto configure a Certificate Authority (CA). This process will be examined in another paper. Our example also assumes the clients are both NetBSD, however the procedures are nearly the same for Linux, FreeBSD and […]
Posted: January 17th, 2007 under DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Networking, Papers, Security.
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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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