[ale] PPTP tunnels for linux/windows/mac...

[Geoffrey]

Robert L. Harris wrote:
> 
> ssh doesn't help too much for windows users who need a point and click
> interface to their word documents, etc.  They want to just run a program
> and "poof" they're on the network.  While that's not the "best" solution
> the problem is that upper management generally finds their time better
> spent "working" instead of learning to do their job better.

Then they're likely to spend a lot of time dealing with being hacked. 
Not terribly productive either.

> Got any links on the security issues with PPTP?

http://www.schneier.com/pptp.html

> Is there a better setup for ipsec than freeswan?  I'm trying to light up
> 2.02 on a 2.4.22 kernel and when I try to "ifconfig down" an interface
> the process hangs and the system requires a hard reboot.  Posts to the
> kernel list haven't helped much.

I don't know of any other ipsec efforts, others might.

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