[COLUG] Questions about PopTop VPN configuration

[Scott Merrill]

On 1/8/08, Duane <duane at e164.org> wrote:
> It's coming back to me now, I know PPTP can be setup under linux but I
> was concerned with security, and PPTP isn't secure by most accounts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPTP

I used the Poptop (www.poptop.org) server at a former job for quite
some time before switching to OpenVPN.  At the time, a patched kernel
was required for the MPPE to function correctly.  A quick look at the
pptpclient (pptpclient.sourceforge.net) page shows MPPE has been a
loadable kernel module for some time, which should make it easier to
deploy PPTP.

My experiences with PPTP were acceptable, and it provided enough of
what we needed that we were comfortable with the security
implications.  We were also using Windows 98 clients, for which no
OpenVPN client was available.  When we finally upgraded everyone to
Win2K and above, we switched to OpenVPN.