Re: Required Software
On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 09:00 -0500, Duncan Hudson wrote: I'm sure that this has been discussed, but there will be a VPN client pre-installed right? I know it's open source and I'm free to put what I want but don't you think there should be a pre-installed client that is certified to work with the most popular business and prosumer router / vpn boxes. I've been working with Linux for such a long time and I'm not sure what that VPN client is. Truth is, though most popular network devices (Cisco, etc.) use VPN that Linux supports, it's Microsoft's VPN system that's most prevalent in the companies I've encountered. Does anyone know which VPN system works with MS? The choices for Linux I'm aware of are Open/FreeSWAN (IPSec), Cisco VPN 5000 client, PPTP VPN and OpenVPN (SSL-based). Security is very important to roaming devices which have to go through public infrastructures like the Internet. -- Richi ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Required Software
I've been working with Linux for such a long time and I'm not sure what that VPN client is. Truth is, though most popular network devices (Cisco, etc.) use VPN that Linux supports, it's Microsoft's VPN system that's most prevalent in the companies I've encountered. Does anyone know which VPN system works with MS? The choices for Linux I'm aware of are Open/FreeSWAN (IPSec), Cisco VPN 5000 client, PPTP VPN and OpenVPN (SSL-based). OpenVPN sounds like a decent choice for porting, as it runs in userspace, but afaik it's not compatible with MS (or any other VPN solution). However, it does run on Linux, *BSD, OS X and Windows (I've seen it ran on WinXP, not sure about Vista but it should do well). It's also pretty secure (uses SSL and can use HMAC too). I haven't looked at the code though so I can't say if it would be easy to port or not. Security is very important to roaming devices which have to go through public infrastructures like the Internet. :-D ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Required Software
Alexandru Lazar writes: I've been working with Linux for such a long time and I'm not sure what that VPN client is. Truth is, though most popular network devices (Cisco, etc.) use VPN that Linux supports, it's Microsoft's VPN system that's most prevalent in the companies I've encountered. Does anyone know which VPN system works with MS? The choices for Linux I'm aware of are Open/FreeSWAN (IPSec), Cisco VPN 5000 client, PPTP VPN and OpenVPN (SSL-based). OpenVPN sounds like a decent choice for porting, as it runs in userspace, but afaik it's not compatible with MS (or any other VPN solution). However, it does run on Linux, *BSD, OS X and Windows (I've seen it ran on WinXP, not sure about Vista but it should do well). It's also pretty secure (uses SSL and can use HMAC too). I haven't looked at the code though so I can't say if it would be easy to port or not. It does require the tun/tap driver in the kernel. ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Required Software
On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 10:16 -0700, Richi Plana wrote: I've been working with Linux for such a long time and I'm not sure what that VPN client is. Truth is, though most popular network devices (Cisco, etc.) use VPN that Linux supports, it's Microsoft's VPN system that's most prevalent in the companies I've encountered. Does anyone know which VPN system works with MS? The choices for Linux I'm aware of are Open/FreeSWAN (IPSec), Cisco VPN 5000 client, PPTP VPN and OpenVPN (SSL-based). There's one I've heard of called PopTop that is supposed to work with Microsoft's PPTP VPN system. As for Cisco, there is the VPN client, but I don't like compiling their modules into my kernel. The one I use with the Ciscos at work is called vpnc ( http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/vpnc/ ) and it works well, only requiring the tun/tap driver in the kernel. OpenVPN, while it's my favorite, is only compatible with itself. Security is very important to roaming devices which have to go through public infrastructures like the Internet. I agree, which is why my OpenMoKo will probably have vpnc and OpenVPN on it. -KW ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
