Chavdar Videff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Hello List. > > At our site we have to establish a secure VPN to a partner site in > order to interconnect our subnetworks. On both sides we have Linux > routers. > > A fellow administrator suggested that we used OpenVPN. > The only VPN I have heard about is Poptop. > > Is OpenVPN a good choice? Are there better alternatives? > > So far we played with gre tunnels (but no encryption). Will it be > enough to establish gre tunnels and try to force IPSEC through them? > > All hints will be aprreciated. > > Regards > > Chavdar Videff > > > I would have to heartily recommend openvpn. I've used it in a few production settings here and there for everything from realty offices to schools and used it with pre-shared static keys and full-on ssl encryption. Its very easy to push out to clients running Linux, the BSDs, Windows 2000 and above. There is a nice Windows client which will allow one to run it as a Windows service. We've deployed it mostly on Debian since its very easy to get it into the distribution, written ssl certs and pre-shared keys, etc. In my limited case of use personally, I use it to connect on the road with both my XP and debian linux laptop through a linksys router using pre-shared keys. I can reach my own private network. In a business setting we use the vpn tunntel to run a VNC client/server setup for secure remote administration of windows boxes across the net. -- Michael Perry | do or do not. There is no try. -Master Yoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lnxpowered.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
