Perhaps someone can help me out with the other side of this.. I have a VPN that I need to connect to as a client. This works with the default windows client software on win2k... Is there a linux client that will work in this environment? I don't know exactly what VPN server they are running... but likely it is a microsoft product.
- jim On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:02:53 -0800 (PST) Sebastian Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PPTP is easier to setup, but (IMHO) is not worth the security risk. > Especially since it will provide direct access to your network if > exploited. L2TP, on the other hand, is a bit harder to configure server > side, but very easy to configure on Windows VPN clients (A checkbox in > advanced options... or somewhere like that), and it provides greater > security. > > OpenVPN may be another option (suggested by someone earlier). It's an > SSL-based VPN that is relatively easy to configure -- especially if you > don't want to mess with PPTP or L2TP. > > - Sebastian > > > On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Damon Jacobsen wrote: > > > Basically, the reason was it was simple to implement for Windows clients. > > Every other VPN solution appeared to be much hader to setup both server > > and client wise. > > > > Damon > > > > > Any specific reason why you've chosen pptp? It isn't very secure. > > > > > > - Sebastian > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 18 Dec 2005, Damon Jacobsen wrote: > > > > > >> Has anyone successfully setup a VPN server (specifically poptop for > > >> pptp) using Gentoo? I think I have my kernel configured right and > > >> emerged pptpd, but I am not sure how to configure the beast. Any help > > >> would be appreciated. > > >> > > >> Damon > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> RLUG mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
