[KLUG Members] A Cross Platform VPN Solution? OpenVPN

[Robert G. Brown]

On 27 Aug 2003 10:58:37 -0400, Bruce Smith <bruce@armintl.com> wrote:
>>>>Has any used OpenVPN?  It seems to have support in Linux, OS/X, and
>>>>WinY2k/Xpee.
>>>>http://openvpn.sourceforge.net/install32.html
>>>>Could this finally be a cross-platform VPN solution that doesn't suck
>>>>(i.e. ipSec)?
>>>I've never used it, but it's included in the new Devil Linux.  (along
>>>with PPTP, FreeS/WAN, CIPE & a bunch of other VPN's I've never heard of)
>>></Devil Linux plug :>
>>
>>Wow, is there anything Devil Linux doesn't support?  
>It doesn't support X.  :-)
A good thing, for sure.

>But it has a ton of servers available, including some packages that
>should never even get near a firewall, IMO.  (i.e. Samba)  Which gives
>me the impression that people use DL for other services than just a
>firewall/router.
I would imagine there are ways to not install or stop unwanted services...

>It is certainly possible to connect a [optional!] hard drive to DL (it
>even has XFS & SCSI support in the kernel).  And included packages like
>squid, postfix, vsftpd, Cyrus IMAP, Samba, ... lead me to believe this
>may be a common practices for some DL users.
Sounds more like a networking/serving Swiss Army knofe than a dedicated
"from the ground up" firewall-oriented distro like IPCop or floppyfw.

>Here's another package included in DL that sounds VPN'ish, FWIW:
>  http://vtun.sourceforge.net/   (I know nothing about it either)
>>I'd hate to be the guy who tried to write a configurator for that thing. :)
>It has a long way to go, for sure!  :-)
I think many of the configuration tools for "god" VPN systems are pretty 
hard to follow. Maybe it's merely the writing style or conventions in the 
documentation.

>The next release should have a basic configuration that will setup
>everything needed for a basic broadband (ethernet based) firewall. 
>Anything more requires manual configuration of the desired software.
It would follow that this is the core orientation, then.

In any case, I'm looking forward to your presentation of this on Sept. 23rd.

							Regards,
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