If you want to access your server from both Linux and Windows, for simplicity,
I would recommend using PPTP.
You do not want to use PPTP. It is by far the most insecure VPN software available. Even Microsoft, it's create says don't use it. PPTP has no way of verify the server you are connecting to is genuine so it is subject to man in the middle attacks.
Windows 2000 has a native PPTP client and you can use pptpclient (pptpclient.sourceforge.net) on Linux. For the server side, use PopTop (www.poptop.org).
By using pptp, what you lose in security, you gain in simplicity. IpSec can be
setup to run under Windows 2000, but it can get pretty complicated.
It really isn't that complicated. MS has their own IPSEC client for windows and several 3 party clients are available. Ultimately you don't want to use any of the clients though. The best way to setup IPSEC is between two firewalls or IPSEC servers and then IPSEC tunnel can be transparent to the client matches. This was the way IPSEC was designed.
One thing you can do with PPTP is tunnel it through IPSEC which would remove your worry about the man in the middle attack but would still give a client login.
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