[KLUG Members] VPN Clients?

[Richard Harding]

Adam Elkins wrote:

>I don't think switching is an option for me, esp. to something like SuSE
>or RH. That's a great thing about linux right? I shouldn't need to
>switch.
>
>I do have a smoothwall running. I may be confused about this pptp thing,
>isn't that a dial-up thing? I need over Ethernet, without pppoe.
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>Adam
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: members-admin@kalamazoolinux.org
>[mailto:members-admin@kalamazoolinux.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Smith
>Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 10:05 PM
>To: KLUG
>Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] VPN Clients?
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>>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.
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>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.
>
>Or run a dedicated firewall (on a separate box) that supports pptp.
>
> - BS
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PPTP (Point to Point Tunneling Protocol) is the MS VPN technology. It is 
a lower version of IPsec. It is over ethernet.

Rick