Note: To be able to successfully setup and configure the Shrew Soft VPN client with an IPSec VPN server, you need to first configure the IPSec VPN server. Make sure to download the latest release of the client software. The RV130 and RV130W work as IPSec VPN servers, and support the Shrew Soft VPN client. It now offers many of the advanced features only found in expensive commercial software solutions and provides compatibility for VPN appliances produced by vendors such as Cisco, Juniper, Checkpoint, Fortinet, Netgear, Linksys, Zywall and many others.IPSec VPN (Virtual Private Network) enables you to securely obtain remote resources by establishing an encrypted tunnel across the Internet.

It was originally developed to provide secure communications Between mobile Windows hosts and open source VPN gateways that utilize standards compliant software such as ipsec-tools, OpenSWAN, FreeSWAN, strongSwan, isakmpd. The Shrew Soft VPN Client for Windows is a free IPsec Remote Access VPN Client for Windows 2000, XP and Vista operating systems ( x86 and amd64 versions ).

While this software does include advanced features such as Split Tunneling, Split DNS, Nat Traversal, IKE Fragmentation, Packet Pre Fragmentation, Dead Peer Detection, Hybrid XAuth and automatic client configuration, it is still missing some options that are available in the more popular commercial products.įor example, if your remote access needs include support for VPN enabled domain login or stateful client side firewall, this software may not be a good fit for your environment. It can be used to communicate with many open source or commercial IPsec VPN gateways to provide an alternative to expensive commercial VPN solutions. The Shrew Soft VPN Client is a free IPSEC Client for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista.

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