On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Server 2012 setup is a dream. And it deals much better with IPv4-only > solutions.
I hope to upgrade to that toward the end of the calendar year. That depends on budgeting/schedule, however. > Also any VPN provided as part of RRAS (just RAS in Server 2012) has built-in > clients for Windows. This includes PPTP and L2TP VPNs. Yep. But, don't they require manual starts? I admit I haven't played with them. Also, straight up IPSec might be an option as well - haven't played with that, either, though. Kurt > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:34 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Favorite VPN solution? > > The DirectAccess solution from Microsoft definitely doesn't require Java. > > However, at least for Win7, it does require Enterprise or Ultimate - I > believe Win8 must be Enterprise as well. > > For the server, it requires either Server 2008 R2 with UAG, or Server 2012. > > The 2008 R2 with UAG requires a working PKI for its clients, but the > 2012 version only requires a working PKI for Win7 clients. > > Someday MSFT might not require the Enterprise version of the clients - that > would be really outstanding, but I'm not holding my breath... > > One big limitation of the DirectAccess technology is that it is a pure > IPv6 solution. If you have client software that makes explicit calls to the > IPv4 stack, and doesn't understand IPv6, you're screwed (Lync > 2010 and Shoretel client, I'm looking at you). > > IME, the 2008 R2/UAG version is tedious and a bit tricky to set up - haven't > yet played with the 2012 version. > > But, other than that, it's a way cool technology - no extra logins required, > once the GPOs take effect, you just open your laptop, turn it on, log in as > if you were in the office, and you're off to the races, subject to the > limitations of your connection speed. > > I'm glad I turned it up. > > Kurt > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Glen Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm 99 percent sure the MS vpn solution in server 2012 doesn't require java. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 12:54 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Favorite VPN solution? >> >> Are there 'clientless' VPN solutions that don't use Java? >> I don't know much about the new VPN solutions out there. >> >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
