[KLUG Members] question on firewall distro for VPN
Nikolas Reist
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Wed, 7 Apr 2004 09:23:11 -0700 (PDT)
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FYI shorewall allows for PPTP pipes.
Richard Harding <rick@ricksweb.info> wrote:Bruce Smith wrote:
>>I was hoping to use SmoothWall to eliminate the need for this extra
>>Win2k box. (Major $$ cutbacks in Education in MI these days) but in
>>order to do this you have to purchase add ons. Is there any distro like
>>smoothwall that would let me set up an easy to use VPN for a few users
>>while still letting me replace the firewall unit?
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>What type VPN? Devil-Linux supports all know VPN's that run on Linux.
>It's not as easy to setup as IPCOP, but your choice of software is far
>greater, plus the advantage of no hard drive needed (runs from CDROM).
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> - BS
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Right now it is set up with PPTP. I am willing to move to a different
method so long as I can do it easily from the end users XP laptops.
I will give a look at shorewall and IPCop. Thanks for the ideas.
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<DIV>FYI shorewall allows for PPTP pipes.<BR><BR><B><I>Richard Harding <rick@ricksweb.info></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Bruce Smith wrote:<BR><BR>>>I was hoping to use SmoothWall to eliminate the need for this extra <BR>>>Win2k box. (Major $$ cutbacks in Education in MI these days) but in <BR>>>order to do this you have to purchase add ons. Is there any distro like <BR>>>smoothwall that would let me set up an easy to use VPN for a few users <BR>>>while still letting me replace the firewall unit?<BR>>> <BR>>><BR>><BR>>What type VPN? Devil-Linux supports all know VPN's that run on Linux.<BR>>It's not as easy to setup as IPCOP, but your choice of software is far<BR>>greater, plus the advantage of no hard drive needed (runs from CDROM).<BR>><BR>> - BS<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>_______________________________________________<BR>>Members mailing
list<BR>>Members@kalamazoolinux.org<BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>Right now it is set up with PPTP. I am willing to move to a different <BR>method so long as I can do it easily from the end users XP laptops.<BR><BR>I will give a look at shorewall and IPCop. Thanks for the ideas.<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Members mailing list<BR>Members@kalamazoolinux.org<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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