[KLUG Members] VPN Clients?

[Adam Williams]

> > I used to get into work via Terminal Services (rdesktop works great),
> > but now they have removed that option. I'm told to vpn now.
> > I've looked into pptp, but I'd rather avoid modifying me kernel.
> Switch to a distribution that supports pptp without having to compile a
> new kernel and install new software.  SuSE 9.0 appears to be one (it
> comes with a pptp client), although I've never personally tried it.

Yes; one of the reasons I choose our new corporate firewall to be my
SuSe test case - PPTP (actually we are talking about M$-MPPE
"encryption" and exended version of CHAP) support is native.

> Or run a dedicated firewall (on a separate box) that supports pptp.

There are several of these, and even some of the little sealed boxes for
sale at <*COUGH*> Best Buy, etc... will work as a PPTP client.

And if you are on RH, you can get binary RPMs of the kernel stuff for
any recent distribution; you don't have to compile anything.