Tim Sutton wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I am doing a little research into setting up a VPN (virtual provate
> network).
>
> 1) Can someone tell me if / how Linux supports VPN's
>
> 2) Can someone point me to a good source of documentation on Linux and VPNs
>
> 3) From personal experience, can anyone tell me how secure / reliable /
> useable a VPN is as opposed to setting up a dedicated WAN?
>
> Many thanks
>
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Use FreeSWAN ( http://www.xs4all.nl/~freeswan/ )
Everything you need to know about this open IPSEC implementation is
here.
We are currently using it and it is amazing! Reliability is excellent.
Our only problem is bandwidth now. During the very high utilization
periods, the connections are a little slow. This is the price you pay
for sharing an Internet pipe, as opposed to having a dedicated WAN
connection.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Brett
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