[plug] PoPToP PPTP server for Linux ->Windows VPN

[Andrew Howell]

We use it quite a lot.

Just install the debian pptpd package and configure.

You can't use encryption though unless you apply some kernel patches and
possibly some patches to ppp.

Andrew

On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 16:51, Craig Ringer wrote:
> Hi folks
> 
> I was wondering if someone on [plug] has any experience with PPTP, 
> specifically the PoPToP VPN server for Linux. I'm having to deal with my 
> first "mobile user" here (*ARRGGH*) and need a VPN option that I can 
> restrict (firewall off SMB, etc), will run well on a Linux server and 
> accept Windows client machines.
> 
> IPSEC is not an option unless FreeS/WAN advanced by several lightyears 
> since I last looked at it (no more cases of total communication loss 
> after one end doesn't cleanly disconnect, etc).
> 
> So I'm looking at PPTP. Is it one of those "it's secure! really! we 
> promise!" protocols, or is it actually useful (implementation bugs aside)?
> 
> The last resort will be putty's plink with a passwordless private key 
> (very restricted permissions) to enable access to POP3 mail, SMTP, and 
> (!!) telnet. That's ugly in many ways however, including the fact that 
> it'd have to be used even when plugged directly into the local LAN.
> 
> If anybody has worked with roaming windows (l)users needing access to a 
> network with a linux gateway, I'd love to hear of your experiences.
> 
> Craig Ringer
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