Re: VPN endpoint with built-in cardreader

alok.menghrajani@gmail.com wrote:
> Exactly, I'm surprised no vendor supplies such a product. Well, I guess
> embedded linux is probably the way to go.

Just as a hint - if you could find something that reads whatever cards
you need and fits in one of the provided slots, a Soekris
(www.soekris.com) might work. It is well supported by, at least,
OpenBSD. And OpenBSD makes a fine firewall, router, &c - it won't allow
the end-user to turn too many knobs, but that's as likely to be a good
thing as it is to be a liability.

And if you don't want to mess with people's home networks, just drop it
in bridge mode and configure a fancy IPsec tunnel.

Pretty much the same should be doable using linux or FreeBSD, according
to the site, but I'd never heard from them before I read
misc@openbsd.org for a while, so I can not vouch for linux or FreeBSD
stability.

I have no personal experience with them, but they'd provide a stable
platform to build upon...

                Joachim
Received on Sat Dec 3 04:18:09 2005