On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 06:21:26PM +1200, Barry Clearwater wrote: > I'm struggling to find a good howto, have read Toms guides on pptp which > I have achieved authentication but not much network traffic. Toms guides > also say "Unmaintained" and I wonder, has the world found a better way? > IPSEC is touted as difficult to configure, PPTP is not "secure enough" > and maybe has problems with broadcast packets?
PPTP is Microsoft's old approach to VPN from the Windows 95 days - it's just a bad idea. L2TP is their new approach, and it's still a bad idea. IPsec is the networking equivalent of invading Iraq: you might get the job done, but it'll take years, cost a stupid amount of money, and a lot of bystanders will get caught in the crossfire. You should look at openvpn, it's disgustingly easy to set up and works with almost anything. http://shorewall.net/OPENVPN.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
