On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 10:35:50AM +0800 or thereabouts, Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 10:00:03AM +0800, Rino Mardo wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 10:44:01PM +0800 or thereabouts, Ian C. Sison wrote:
> > > 
> > > Try linVPN, its basically pppd over ssh, which makes it secure and
> > > economical.  You need a linux box on the other end, though..
> > > 
> > hmm. eh what about if your other end must be a windows user like a
> > manager's or director's laptop?
> > 
> 
> In that case, you'll need to find a proper IPsec implementation for
> both Linux and Windows.  PPTP is a waste of time and CPU cycles as it
> uses the cryptography in an almost completely ineffectual way.
> 
in what way is it ineffectual and broken?  can you point me to some docs
on why this is.

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