Wayne Jr wrote:
I can't really understand what I might be getting into, but this sounds interesting, so I was wondering if anyone had any experience or warnings regarding OpenVPN? I hate to get into something and then have to waste a lot of time firefighting.
I haven't had any experience with this particular product, but ...
But I'm not sure what they are really talking about here and whether it would be a problem for me? "Note that OpenVPN is an SSL VPN and as such is not compatible with IPSec, L2TP, or PPTP. The main advantage of SSL VPNs is that they exchange the complexity of IPsec for the simple, well tested SSL/TLS structure for their cryptographic layer."
... I *have* had experience with SSL VPN. It's not transparent, and thus, a pain in the ass.
Frankly, I never heard of IPSec, L2TP or PPTP before... But there are many things I never heard of before... Maybe I don't need them?
IPSEC or L2TP is the way to go. Especially if you're interested in using hardware accellerators like pix firewalls, vpn 3000 concentrators, sonicwall, etc. It's probably a better choice to go with a tried and tested product ... OpenSWAN for Linux uses IPSEC -- that would be a good one to try. I've heard of people connecting OpenSWAN to devices such as those above.
Good luck, Kelsey -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
