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

[Robert L. Harris]

Definitely agree.  I'll keep plugging the freeswan and see what I can
get there.  Thanks for your insights as always.

Robert



Thus spake Geoffrey (esoteric at 3times25.net):

> Robert L. Harris wrote:
> 
> >What do you think of this one:
> >  http://poptop.sourceforge.net/dox/qna.html#12
> 
> I guess I would focus on two things, first the following in the bottom 
> section of that QandA:
> 
> "In conclusion: Poptop suffers the same security vulnerabilities as the 
> NT server (this is because it operates with Windows clients)."
> 
> Further, I wouldn't want to rely on any infrastructure that's dependent 
> upon M$.  Particularily if you plan to use pptp on windows clients.  All 
> it takes is M$ to throw you a 'required update' that breaks the poptop 
> solution.  M$ spends a lot of 'calories' trying to break functionality 
> that is consistent with both older versions of windows and non-windows 
> environments.
> 
> -- 
> Until later, Geoffrey	esoteric at 3times25.net
> 
> Building secure systems inspite of Microsoft
> 
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