[ale] VPN'ing

[Jonathan Glass]

Just in my defense...this was a proof of concept, to demonstrate to management
that a VPN was a better alternative than all the executive staff using 28.8
modems and dialing in to work from home.  Broadband + VPN = Work from home with
ease.

Jonathan

Quoting John Wells <jb at sourceillustrated.com>:

> Ick.  If you can stay away from pptp, do so.  Besides, something about
> a
> using something designed by Microsoft for security on a Linux box just
> seems wrong.
> 
> John
> 
> Jonathan Glass said:
> > Quoting Matthew Brown <matthew.brown at cordata.net>:
> >
> >> Has anyone tried using Linux as a VPN server for Windows clients to
> >> connect through?
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Matthew Brown, President
> >> CorData, Inc.
> >> O: (770) 795-0089
> >> F: (404) 806-4855
> >> E: matthew.brown at cordata.net
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I did this using pptp on a RedHat 7.1 box (stock).  I got everything
> > setup for testing (no encryption), and everything worked fine.  Then
> the
> > project was dropped, so I didn't get to go beyond that.  Total time
> to
> > setup the server (rpm packages) was one day...mostly due to a lack
> of
> > knowledge about the whole process.
> >
> > Jonathan Glass
> > Systems Support Specialist II
> > IBB/BME
> > V: 404-385-0127
> > F: 404-892-2291
> >
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Jonathan Glass
Systems Support Specialist II
IBB/BME
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