I don't have much to add to the discussion but I just wanted to make one
point of why a web-based SSL VPN is useful. In my experience OpenVPN is easy
to setup and works pretty well. My main problem is the administrative
overhead when trying to distribute logons for all the users. Having 500+
(new comming in all the time) mobile users and then distributing them is
such a mess. A web based solution that integrates with RADIUS or Active
Directory is so much easier and also easier for the end-user.
That being said, I think it's sad that the project is fading away.
Commercial alternatives are so expensive. Like $100-200 per user. Sadly our
economic situation is not so good that we can afford to support this
project, then it would just be cheaper to go commercial. I think a project
of this magnitude needs at least $150 000 to get started again and attract
new developers.
2010/4/8 [email protected] <[email protected]>
> >> As you may have noticed, ALS has not been developed actively since last
> >> summer. So what do _you_ think we should do with our project?
> >
> > First let me thank you for the excellent mail. The status of the
> > project is important to me. I am also sorry to hear the project is
> > currently dying slowly. The thing I can do for the project is a small
> > donations around 100 Euro for either migration support or continuation
> > of the development.
>
>
> In some environments OpenVPN (=the original one) may be somewhat
> difficult to configure properly. In most cases, however, it's at least
> as fast to setup as ALS. I managed to set up a simple VPN in ~6 hours
> with no prior experience. OpenVPN's user and developer communities are
> _very_ active and helpful in case you get stuck.
>
> I think writing migration guides (e.g. to OpenVPN (AS), Squid, Pound)
> would make sense. This is where our Wiki comes handy:
>
> <http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/openvpn-als/wiki>
>
> > Also remember that users can have large investment in excising
> > OpenVPN-ALS in both time as money. I know of installations that have
> > very expensive SSL certs for OpenVPN-ALS, lot of man hours to
> > configure OpenVPN-ALS with for example user access controls and
> > webforwardings, and all the time for the project management politics.
> > (this can sum op to more then two full months of work)
>
> True. However, there's nothing I can do about this. I don't have the
> skills, time or interest to maintain the project myself and
> unfortunately the community-driven development model does not seem to
> work for ALS (for reasons stated above).
>
> Samuli
>
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