[Cialug] Windoze -> Linux VPN

Matthew Nuzum newz at bearfruit.org
Thu Jun 10 15:49:38 CDT 2010


On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 3:31 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> Would likewindow to setup a VPN between four to six remote users and a
> Linux server (OpenSuSE).
>
> Instaleld at pptpd & removed it - flashback to the 1980s! Installed
> OpenVPN, but it seems designed for 'nailed' connections (i.e. static). I
> recall doing some demos with it many years ago, but it does not seem like
> a KISS solution.
>
> What's the simplest way to setup a VPN between Windoze clients & a Linux
> server? The clients will all be remote machines, so each would be a
> unique termination point.
>

Is there something easier than pptpd? What was wrong with OpenVPN? Both of
those are well established solutions. (pptpd definitely being on the
simplistic side of course)

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