[ale] PPTP issue that affects Linux but not Windows?

[Geoffrey]

John Wells wrote:
> John Wells said:
> 
>>>>>What kinds of problems are you having with pptp?  Why don't they go
>>>>>with
>>>>
>>>>(the much more secure and standard) ipsec?
>>>
>>>The linux box in question supports pptp in the kernel?
>>
>>It sure does...pptpclient on the client side (via kernel modules).
>>
> 
> 
> Ah well...resolved.  I installed Smoothwall GPL and linux connections to
> pptp server are working just fine.
> 
> I can only assume that at some point, a patch to the IpCop box left some
> issue behind that eventually affected Linux generated pptp packets.  It's
> very odd to see windows machines successfully connect but Linux ones fail.
> 
> Regardless...guess I'll be leaving IpCop behind for awhile.  I hate to
> go...it's a great little fw distro and I've heard some really nasty things
> about Smoothwall's developers, but I need a quick and easy fw right
> now...my time is absorbed by too many other things.

I'm glad you've got a solution that works.  No need to cut your nose off 
to spite your face, the important thing is, you've got a working 
environment.  Hopefully, you'll have time later to revisit the ipcop 
issue.  You might post to an ipcop list.


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Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
Building secure systems in spite of Microsoft