On 2013-03-18 at 10:49 -0700, Morgan Blackthorne wrote:
> We have around 40 or so users (looking to expand to more but not above 100
> any time soon). Right now we've got a Netgear UCS device which we got
> because we wanted something with integrated IPSec VPN. Except that
> Netgear's implementation isn't exactly standard and you can't use it with
> the native OSX/Windows clients, you have to use Netgear's client (or the
> company they bought it from), which bypasses the original goal of being
> able to set it up natively.
> 
> At this point, I'd be fine with something that ran OpenVPN, which is what

For MacOSX:

While it's good to avoid vendor VPN drivers at all costs, as being
universally horrendous and buggy, damaging to system stability at the
least (and, given kexts crashing, this is strongly suggestive of being
exploitable) you can actually get decent third-party VPN client
software.

We're using VPN Tracker; <http://www.vpntracker.com/>.  Seems solid and
reliable, I've yet to have an issue.  It's not cheap when viewed as a
utility, but when you weigh it against lost productivity from broken
laptops in the field, it's a no-brainer.  Pricing for the Player client,
which can import settings files created by one of the other clients:
  <https://www.equinux.com/eqnetwork/store/products/vpntracker_player.html>

Netgear known-compatibility list:
  <http://www.vpntracker.com/us/vendor/6/netgear-mac-vpn-client.html>

So yeah, I loath software drivers written by hardware companies.  In
this case, someone's filling the niche in the market created by all that
bad software.

-Phil
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