[plug] vpn to edith cowan uni

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

On 2/16/07, Gavin Chester <sales at ecosolutions.com.au> wrote:
>
> I'm about to start a two-year graduate study program at ECU (ML).  It's
> a midlife career change after 16 years being self employed :-) :-( -
> that's happy AND sad emoticons, if you hadn't picked it!
>
> When I had a short stint studying at ECU several years ago, they had a
> vpn client that I installed on my (then) win98 system. This allowed me
> to log into their servers remotely to surf databases that used IP for
> authentication.  So, my question is, do any current or recent-past ECU
> students know if that will be an option for me now that I'm an
> exclusively linux household?  Do I get a package from IT at ECU, like
> before, or do I use gpl vpn solutions on my system?  (I don't have any
> experience with vpn, ssh, etc)
>
> This may be answered fully by the IT people when I do an orientation
> session, but I wanted to know in advance from your collective wisdom and
> any first-hand experiences ;-)
>
> Gavin
>
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If they're using M$ servers for their VPN, your solution lies in "pptp" and
it's associated GUI if you like <http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/>. I've
used this to get to M$ VPN servers with no trouble at all; especially since
newer kernels include by default the authentication module needed (a bit
like compression modules already being there too..).

This would be equivalent to using the "standard" dial up VPN mechanism in
Window$ clients, which is probably what they got your '98 box doing.

Tomasz
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