solaris -> nt -> vpn

Matthew Ramsay matthewr at MORETON.COM.AU
Sun Dec 19 18:13:37 EST 1999


For some people PPTP is secure enough. The biggest plus in my book
is that it is *free*.. and the reality of the situation is there is always a
trade off between cost and security.. and if someone really wants to get in to
***any*** system it's going to happen no matter what VPN software/hardware you
use.

All i'm saying is PPTP remains a valid solution for this very reason.

Cheers,
-matt

On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Joe M Hoffman wrote:
>>PPTP sends some information in clear text, better stick with Ipsec or
>fwz(Checkpoints proprietary)....
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: matthewr [mailto:matthewr at moreton.com.au]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 3:48 PM
>To: VPN
>Cc: matthewr
>Subject: Re: solaris -> nt -> vpn
>
>
>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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>
>

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