As it stands, Ubuntu supports deprecated-and-insecure PPTP connections
out of the box even though most other major OS vendors have actually
removed support for such connections entirely.
Why is this still supported -- and, in fact, offered as the only option
by default? This will surely tempt some users into using it.
If network-manager-strongswan and strongswan are needed for secure
connections, then they should be included in the default install (and
PPTP support should NOT be!)
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => Confirmed
** Summary changed:
- network-manager doesn't offer IKE VPN connections
+ Ubuntu offers only insecure VPN out of the box
** Summary changed:
- Ubuntu offers only insecure VPN out of the box
+ Ubuntu Bionic offers only insecure VPN out of the box
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1752417
Title:
Ubuntu Bionic offers only insecure VPN out of the box
Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
network-manager lists only PPTP as an available VPN client connection
type (and also offers to import a file). I'd expect L2TP-over-IPSec
and IKEv1/IKEv2 options as well.
In fact, most major desktop OSes have removed PPTP altogether because
it's insecure, and Ubuntu should probably do so in 18.04 as well, at
least from the GUI!
$ apt list network-manager
Llistant… Fet
network-manager/bionic,now 1.10.4-1ubuntu2 amd64 [instal·lat]
$ uname -a
Linux machinename 4.15.0-10-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 13 18:23:35 UTC
2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch)
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic
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