[KLUG Members] pptp vpn

[Adam Tauno WIlliams]

> I setup proxy arp and I also found something that said I needed to
> setup the same IP address for my VPN server connection as my internal
> NIC IP address.  

Nah,  my VPN server's internal IP is 192.168.1.3, and PPTPd dolls out
192.168.1.20 - 192.168.1.29 to VPN clients.

> It seems to be working now... I am going to play
> with it a bit more to make sure that I have the correct combination
> of settings but it is really cool.  Linux sooooo rocks for
> infrastructure stuff.  
> I think eventually I want to get FreeSWAN working for an IPSec VPN
> for better security but this seems to work ok so far with PPTP.  Now
> I need to just work on getting it locked down a bit.  

IPSec is a major *P*I*T*A*.  You couldn't make me do IPSec for almost
any amount of money - IPSec is just one RETARDED OBFUSTICATED JACKED-UP
technology.  Someone thought: "Hmmmmm, how can we make the most
complicated, confusing, incompatible, and ornery VPN solution possible?"
- and IPSec was born.

I'd take a look at OpenVPN if you want an uber-secure certificate based
VPN system.  And it actually works!