IMHO if you're an ISP and you are the person with 'enable' on the routers,
it's worth teaching yourself the basics of how X.509 PKI and SSL work.
There are a lot of really easy to use tutorials for setting up a basic
openvpn server, which will help get you started.


On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:

> When I looked at this recently, the options were OpenVPN, SSTP, L2TP, or
> PPTP.
> I crossed off OpenVPN and SSTP because they needed SSL certificates in
> order to have encryption, it just seemed like more hassle than I was
> willing to deal with.
> PPTP didn't work on iOS.
> That left L2TP.  L2TP doesn't have any encryption capability built in, so
> hence L2TP+IPSec.
>
> I think you can do L2TP without encryption and I think that's about the
> same number of steps as PPTP....but it was not a big deal to add IPSec once
> I had a working example to go off from.
>
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Adam Moffett" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: 12/9/2016 1:58:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Easiest VPN on mikrotik
>
> PPTP no longer supported on Apple iOS though.
>
> L2TP+IPSec is almost as easy as PPTP.  Just use this guide instead of the
> Mikrotik Wiki which is out of date.
> https://www.nasa-security.net/mikrotik/mikrotik-l2tp-with-ipsec/
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Josh Luthman" <[email protected]>
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Sent: 12/9/2016 1:09:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Easiest VPN on mikrotik
>
> +1 for PPTP
>
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 12:47 PM, Tushar Patel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> PPTP on mikrotik. It will be same, IP address and username and password.
>>
>> Tushar
>>
>>
>> On Dec 9, 2016, at 11:42 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I have a non WISP customer with some cameras they monitor, not NVR/DVR to
>> speak of yet. The cameras are port forwarded (called pinholes in their
>> current router) individually, so theyre pretty much exposed IoT targets.
>> Im putting a mikrotik in because the Fortigate solution is cost
>> prohibitive. Fortigates ssl vpn is slick, easy and end user friendly (for
>> the client)
>> Whats the easiest VPN/client on a mikrotik. It would be great if it was
>> as simple as the fortigate, they have a workstation client and most phone
>> apps, All I need to do is give them an IP/FQDN and their username and
>> password, its done.
>>
>> --
>> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team
>> as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
>>
>>
>

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