On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 10:20:22PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 04:59:30PM -0400, Roberto C. S?nchez wrote:
> >  - you must use IPSEC for VPN
> 
> There are only two kinds of people who need ipsec:
> 
>  - those who have to interact with ipsec devices that they don't
>    control (usually manufactured by cisco) and can't replace
>  - those who are doing overcomplicated enterprise-level stuff
>    involving thousands of systems, and hence know what they're doing
>    and won't be here asking the question in the first place
> 
> Everybody else should avoid it. It's usually like trying to swat a fly
> with a cruise missile.
> 
True.  Another case, however, is the one where you want people to be
able to connect from Mac or Windows clients and you want to support
IPSEC+L2TP so that the built in clients will work.  That would reduce
the support burden since supporting road warriors can be tough.

Regards,

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sánchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com

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