[TriLUG] VPN Set up

Jon Carnes jonc at nc.rr.com
Mon Feb 11 10:08:12 EST 2002


Check out PoPToP.  It works great for attaching MS clients via pptp to a
linux server.  Chris Knowles just setup the same for his office.

Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin Johnson" <justin at ecotton.com>
To: "TRILUG (E-mail)" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 8:57 AM
Subject: [TriLUG] VPN Set up


> I am in the process of trying to set up VPN access for my employer (Ok,
it's
> actually for me so I can work from home),
> and I'm hoping this is also another opportunity for me to show my employer
> what linux can do for the company. Up to this point, we have been looking
at
> solutions such as WatchGuard's firebox, and also Cisco software to sit on
> the router. Obviously neither of these are cheap.
>
> So can a linux box be set up as a VPN server? This would have to support
> Windows clients connecting to Windows servers (dodging hurled vegetables
> ;-P ). It would be sitting behind our router(?) , so I just need VPN
> support. PPTP would be great, as then I wouldn't need any special client
> side software other than dial up networking in Windows.
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
>
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