Traditionally PPTP has been prone to more flaws than other technologies... and most industry managers frown on it. With Vista and Win7 - Microsoft filled in a lot of holes and upped the encryption size - so should be sufficient, especially for personal use. It doesn't use a dual authentication, like openVPN can (key + password), so is more susceptible to hacks via brute force. But you can negate all that by adding source rules to your ports. (if you know the IPs you will be dialing in from - add them to the SOURCE of the rule - and it will ONLY allow those IPs to connect to your PPTP server)
I have to say - it is by far the most "convenient" especially for your use. I'd say go for it - just wanted to make sure you were fully informed. Let me know if you have any more questions. -Tim From: Joseph Rotan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 8:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] VPN LAN TO LAN Tim, if you are saying "PPTP not being the most secure means of VPN" which VPN i sthe most secure to use ??? As currently I'm having PPTP just to login remotely to other sites and check for maintenence or other associates problems. Any advise on having a secure VPN tunneling. Cheers, Joseph. On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Tim Dickson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > well strange because i can access my box with the following > http://IP<http://ip/> address:443 how is it possible as you you've >said it > should be https://IP<https://ip/> address:443 If you setup HTTP as port 443 I this would work - kind of goes against web standards - but it's your box :) - you probably just didn't tick HTTPS as the protocol > So i can use any port nubers as you've said 8888, this will gurantee my PPTP > tunneling secure ??? Yes - System | General Setup As for PPTP - totally different thing, and you'll need to open those ports as well. PPTP not being the most secure means of VPN - but probably sufficient for your needs. >As for purchasing the pfsense book is it poosible to send money through wired >transfer like western union money transfer then the book is send to my postal >address ??? Standard Amazon billing applies - not sure if they do wire transfers... This may help? http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=help_search_1-1?ie=UTF8&nodeId=15399401&qid=1270158715&sr=1-1 Can you purchase a prepaid visa gift card at a local market? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org<https://portal.pfsense.org/>
