[Openswan Users] Using OpenSwan to secure iPhone on public wifi

[Paul Wouters]

On Fri, 18 Nov 2011, SiR GadaBout wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> I'm running Debian 6.0.3 on a Dell E5400 laptop. It has one gigabit Ethernet port. It is connected to my home network through my Airport Extreme Base Station. I
> have a 10 down/1 up cable connection to the net.  I'm an inexperienced user of Linux.
> 
> I used to use PublicVPN.com to enhance my privacy over public wifi connections between my iPhone (iOS 5) and the Internet, but now I'd like to implement this using
> my own Debian-based server instead.
> 
> Research has shown that OpenSwan should be compatible with my iPhone, but not freeswan.  Other than that, however, I haven't got a clue how to about this.  I did
> find a tutorial for implementing this on OpenVPN, but research revealed this also to be incompatible with my iPhone.
> 
> Any and all helpful advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

https://gsoc.xelerance.com/projects/openswan/wiki/L2TPIPsec_configuration_using_openswan_and_xl2tpd

Paul