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So you want the vpn to go through the firewall and terminate on the 2008 server?<br />
Or might it be an idea to terminate the VPN on the firewall and use the 2008 server for the VPN authentication?
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So you want the vpn to go through the firewall and terminate on the 2008 server?
Or might it be an idea to terminate the VPN on the firewall and use the 2008 server for the VPN authentication?

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No, 2008 server as the remote-access vpn server with authentication to the local group.
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No, 2008 server as the remote-access vpn server with authentication to the local group.

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This is the intention to setup the above IPSEC remote access server on MS Windows 2008 r2 server. How to setup? Please show step-by-step, thanks.How about ports to open in the firewall?<br />
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Thanks in advance.
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This is the intention to setup the above IPSEC remote access server on MS Windows 2008 r2 server. How to setup? Please show step-by-step, thanks.How about ports to open in the firewall?

Thanks in advance.

How to setup IPSEC Remote access VPN server?

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

A virtual private network (VPN) is a network that uses a public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or travelling users access to a central organizational network securely. VPNs encapsulate data transfers using secure cryptographic methods and other security mechanisms to ensure that only authorized users can access the network and that the data cannot be intercepted.

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a protocol suite for secure Internet Protocol (IP) communications by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet of a communication session. IPsec includes protocols for establishing mutual authentication between agents at the beginning of the session and negotiation of cryptographic keys to be used during the session. IPsec can be used in protecting data flows between a pair of hosts (host-to-host), between a pair of security gateways (network-to-network), or between a security gateway and a host (network-to-host). IPsec is an end-to-end security scheme operating in the Internet Layer of the Internet Protocol Suite.

Internet Protocol Security

Remote access may refer to the connection to a data-processing system from a remote location, for example through a virtual private network remote desktop software, terminal emulation, or the activation of features of a business telephone system from outside the business's premises.