From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Nov 12 09:49:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA02456 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 09:49:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hindenburg.eboai.org (hindenburg.eboai.org [205.181.254.190]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA02438; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 09:49:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jtn@hindenburg.eboai.org) Received: (from jtn@localhost) by hindenburg.eboai.org (8.9.1/8.9.0) id MAA09715; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 12:49:35 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19981112124934.A9667@hindenburg.eboai.org> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 12:49:34 -0500 From: "Jason T. Nelson" To: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VPN, an off topic question References: <199811120839.JAA01253@surf.IAE.nl> <199811121744.JAA19212@bubba.whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199811121744.JAA19212@bubba.whistle.com>; from Archie Cobbs on Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 09:44:04AM -0800 X-Url: http://www.eboai.org/~jtn/ Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Archie Cobbs (archie@whistle.com) scribbled endlessly: > This is what PPTP does.. it's like PPP where you replace the word > "modem" with the word "Internet". M$oft sells client and server software > (the clients are free -- download "microsoft dial-up networking 1.3"). > > I don't know of any freely available FreeBSD software for doing PPTP. > Using an NT server is proabaly the quickest way to get it working. Ugh. PPTP is riddled with holes; search for "PPTP security" on any search engine to find out why. Right now, I'm using the KAME IPsec stack to connect two FreeBSD boxes using IPsec over IPv4. You get an additional benefit of getting IPv4 over IPv4 (IPIP) tunneling as well if you don't want the overhead of IPsec. -- Jason T. Nelson BOFH Extraordiaire http://www.eboai.org/~jtn/ disclaimer: My opinions are my own. Don't bother my employer about them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message