What is Nexedi VPN ?

Nexedi VPN is a custom Mandrakelinux distribution built with umibuilder .Nexedi VPN allows to setup a firewall, VPN and CUPS proxy on an OpenBrick or OpenBrick NG.

What are the main features of Nexedi VPN ?

Nexedi VPN combines Linux kernel 2.6, FreeS/WAN, shorewall firewall, Wifi access point (host_ap or prism54), local DNS server, DHCP server with dynamic DNS, private global DNS and CUPS proxy server.

Where can I get more details about Nexedi VPN technology ?

A complete introduction to Nexedi VPN is published on this site.

Why did you select IPSEC ?

Nexedi VPN is based on IPSEC because it provides one the best level of interoperability with different OS and different VPN services.

Where can I download Nexedi VPN ?

Nexedi VPN is available from Nexedi CVS . Everything is GPL licensed.

This does not help much, where can I get a Nexedi VPN which I can try ?

Please read introduction to umibuilder . If you own an OpenBrick NG, installing Nexedi VPN can be achieved quite easily by typing:

    ./umibuilder -w openbrick-ng -ba vpn

If you want to install Nexedi VPN on other hardware, you may have to define custom hardware definition files within umibuilder. Nexedi welcomes contributions to port Nexedi VPN to other hardware platforms.