RE: [CentOS] Choosing VPN Server

2007-09-20 Thread Robert Becker Cope
"Brian Mathis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The use of port 443 with openvpn is only mentioned as a convenience, > because many firewalls allow traffic to port 443 to pass > unrestricted, while they may block other ports. Absolutely right. I never intended to imply anything else. Sorry if there

RE: [CentOS] Choosing VPN Server

2007-09-20 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
John R Pierce wrote: > > Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > Wei Yu wrote: > > > >> Does openvpn support IPsec well? > >> I want the server to work cooperation with a Microsoft ISA > >> Server inside the intranet with site-to-site vpn mode. > >> For that reason I want the server has good compatibilit

Re: [CentOS] Choosing VPN Server

2007-09-20 Thread John R Pierce
Ross S. W. Walker wrote: Wei Yu wrote: Does openvpn support IPsec well? I want the server to work cooperation with a Microsoft ISA Server inside the intranet with site-to-site vpn mode. For that reason I want the server has good compatibility with windows. You don't need IPSec for Wi

Re: [CentOS] Choosing VPN Server

2007-09-20 Thread Brian Mathis
I just want to point out that the default port for openvpn is 1194. SSL/TLS has absolutely nothing to do with port 443, except that https happens to use both port 443 and SSL/TLS. Otherwise, SSL/TLS is simply a toolkit used for encryption, and does not require any specific port whatsoever. Saying

RE: [CentOS] Choosing VPN Server

2007-09-20 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Wei Yu wrote: > > Does openvpn support IPsec well? > I want the server to work cooperation with a Microsoft ISA > Server inside the intranet with site-to-site vpn mode. > For that reason I want the server has good compatibility with windows. You don't need IPSec for Windows ISA server compatibil

Re: [CentOS] Choosing VPN Server

2007-09-20 Thread Lamar Owen
On Thursday 20 September 2007, Ken Price wrote: > OpenVPN doesn't support IPSec at all. It's an SSL implementation. > You'll want to look at Openswan (http://www.openswan.org/) for IPSec. > PS. The "www" is very important when going to the openswan site. > Their webserver is configured funky. > >

Re: [CentOS] Choosing VPN Server

2007-09-20 Thread Ken Price
hu, 20 Sep 2007 22:25:05 +0800 From: Wei Yu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Choosing VPN Server To: CentOS mailing list Does openvpn support IPsec well? I want the server to work cooperation with a Microsoft ISA Server inside the intranet

Re: [CentOS] Choosing VPN Server

2007-09-20 Thread Wei Yu
Does openvpn support IPsec well? I want the server to work cooperation with a Microsoft ISA Server inside the intranet with site-to-site vpn mode. For that reason I want the server has good compatibility with windows. On 9/19/07, Alain Spineux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OpenVPN works with win

RE: [CentOS] Choosing VPN Server

2007-09-19 Thread Robert Becker Cope
"Brian Mathis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suggest OpenVPN. It's modern, very secure, and had a wide range of > options and usage scenarios. PPTP / L2TP is a pain to get working, > and it has some security issues. I want to second this suggestion. Another strong advantage of OpenVPN is that i

Re: [CentOS] Choosing VPN Server

2007-09-19 Thread Alain Spineux
OpenVPN works with windows too (client or server). The same configuration files works on both OS. Very easy to enable multiple VPN connection at the same time. On 9/19/07, Brian Mathis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/19/07, Wei Yu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am facing a task o

Re: [CentOS] Choosing VPN Server

2007-09-19 Thread Brian Mathis
On 9/19/07, Wei Yu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am facing a task of choosing vpn server. I do not know which is better. > The one distributed with CentOS4.5 only supports pppd (or maybe pptp but I > cannot find it). > If I want to use PPTP or L2TP, which one should I choose? OpenVPN? Popt

[CentOS] Choosing VPN Server

2007-09-19 Thread Wei Yu
Hi, I am facing a task of choosing vpn server. I do not know which is better. The one distributed with CentOS4.5 only supports pppd (or maybe pptp but I cannot find it). If* *I want to use PPTP or L2TP, which one should I choose? OpenVPN? Poptop? Thanks. __