[shawkinaw]

It is indeed a bit of a pain to set up properly, but it can be done, I have a droplet running it 24/7 and have no problems connecting to it from Apple devices. Here are some helpful guides for setting up:

https://www.zeitgeist.se/2013/11/22/strongswan-howto-create-...

http://www.jfcarter.net/~jimc/documents/strongswan-1308.html

[ratherbefuddled]

Both of these were immensely helpful resources to me when I did this last month.