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Title: OpenVPN as an alternative to PPTP and IPSEC
Post by: RayG on January 05, 2004, 04:21:12 PM

Dragging an old thread back to the top...

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=18217.msg71441#msg71441

Duncan was testing OpenVPN back in August of 2003. I was wondering how that testing went. What were you using OpenVPN for and did it meet your needs ?

Has anybody else tried OpenVPN on eSmith ?

Title: Re: OpenVPN as an alternative to PPTP and IPSEC
Post by: andrea on January 06, 2004, 03:53:48 PM

it's very good openvpn
i think the best !

Title: Re: OpenVPN as an alternative to PPTP and IPSEC
Post by: MasterSleepy on January 06, 2004, 05:02:55 PM

Hello,

Is there any howto about his installation???

Regards,
MasterSleepy
http://vanhees.homeip.net

Title: Re: OpenVPN as an alternative to PPTP and IPSEC
Post by: Duncan on January 07, 2004, 12:33:57 AM

A chap by the name of Cyril did a howto here
http://www.e-smith.org/docs/howto/contrib/OpenVPN_HOWTO.html

From what I remember everything worked well. I didnt persue it a great deal as I have multiple external interfaces and the Mitel system doesnt handle that type of setup without a lot of work. I currently use a Mikrotik router - IPSec - Sonicwall setup.

The one thing that attracted me to OpenVPN was that it handled dynamic addresses really well. Great for roadwarrior type installations. It also has a good Windows client.

Regards Duncan

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