How to Set up L2TP/IPSec VPN on Mac OS X

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L2TP/IPSec is a popular and widely supported VPN protocol. It is built-in to most modern platforms and Mac OS X is no exception. There are some issues with this protocol and I encourage the reader to check out our VPN protocol comparison article. Read on to see how easy it is to setup a L2TP/IPSec VPN connection on Mac OS X.

The following tutorial was performed on Mac OS X Yosemite. Other versions of OS X should be similar but there might be some minor differences.

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My hacking career began at age 12, when my father brought home a Sinclair ZX-81 computer kit and a lifelong fascination with computing was born. I became a privacy and security advocate after learning of the US Government's criminal investigation against Phil Zimmermann. Years later I found myself in Silicon Valley being paid to hack Phil's PGP code. I soon tired of the rat race and moved to the Northwoods of Minnesota where I have over 2 million acres of protected wilderness to roam. Here I indulge in my passions for wilderness and technology and as an advocate for computer security and privacy.

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My hacking career began at age 12, when my father brought home a Sinclair ZX-81 computer kit and a lifelong fascination with computing was born. I became a privacy and security advocate after learning of the US Government's criminal investigation against Phil Zimmermann. Years later I found myself in Silicon Valley being paid to hack Phil's PGP code. I soon tired of the rat race and moved to the Northwoods of Minnesota where I have over 2 million acres of protected wilderness to roam. Here I indulge in my passions for wilderness and technology and as an advocate for computer security and privacy.