solaris -> nt -> vpn

[Matthew Ramsay]

if the VPN server is MS compatible you should be able to get the Linux PPTP
client running on Solaris (I think ports are already available)

-matt


On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Indiana Zephyr wrote:
>If anyone out there could provide comments and pointers on the following,
>thanks much in advance.  obviously I'm a beginner, so not sure why I got
>stuck with this, but anyway...
>
>My company needs to connect to someone else's VPN.  Both networks are
>behind CheckPoint FW-1.  Instead of setting up a VPN server on our end
>(which we probably can't afford) we're going to try connecting using a VPN
>client, the way many laptop users connect using dialup networking.  The
>trick is, it's our dev server (Solaris) which needs to trade data through
>the VPN link. Currently only NT VPN clients are available (aside: does
>anyone know if F-Secure's VPN client would work with CheckPoint's VPN or
>is there proprietary stuff going on?).
>
>Someone came up with the great idea of setting up an NT box as a router
>and installing the NT VPN client on there, then routing all traffic from
>the Solaris box through the NT VPN client.  Does this sound possible to
>people on this newsgroup?  I'd like a sanity check here.  Theoretically it
>sounds like we can implement it, but who knows.  Thanks for your help.
>
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Matthew Ramsay

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