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List:       novell
Subject:    Re: VPN
From:       Randy Grein <randygrein () comcast ! net>
Date:       2006-05-26 15:00:47
Message-ID: F051B975-3037-4BE3-AF79-D5A31B10C2F8 () comcast ! net
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Thanks - those didn't show up in my searches.
Randy Grein, Master CNE, CCNA

On May 25, 2006, at 8:16 AM, Maurice wrote:

> Have you reviewed this site; http://vpn.shmoo.com/vpn/vpn-pptp.html
> They have VPN/PPTP info and software...
>
> A PPTP client and info for Suse10;
> http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-suse-100.phtml
>
> And older Doc's that explains a lot of background stuff (and
> configuration) for PPTP;
> http://poptop.sourceforge.net/dox/
>
> There is also some general info here;
> http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=608&page=3
>
>
>
>
> -Maurice
>
>
> "Linux -- it's not just for breakfast anymore..."
> -Moe
>
>
>
>
>
> Randy Grein wrote:
>> Internet connection, then to the Watchguard firewall. Pretty much
>> needs to be PPTP; we will be moving that behind another firewall and
>> using it for just VPN access.
>> Randy Grein, Master CNE, CCNA
>>
>> On May 24, 2006, at 1:19 PM, Maurice wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Well there are a few options...
>>> Is this within a LAN, or private WAN?
>>> K Menu~System~Remote Access~Krdc
>>>
>>> Something that would have to travel the "open" Internet, well  
>>> that's a
>>> little more complex...
>>> Have you looked at http://www-it.desy.de/systems/linux/VPN-RPM.html
>>>
>>> And the people at TightVNC have this to say;
>>>
>>>>         How secure is TightVNC?
>>>>
>>>> Although TightVNC encrypts VNC passwords sent over the net, the  
>>>> rest
>>>> of the traffic is sent as is, unencrypted (for password encryption,
>>>> VNC uses a DES-encrypted challenge-response scheme, where the
>>>> password
>>>> is limited by 8 characters, and the effective DES key length is 56
>>>> bits). So using TightVNC over the Internet can be a security  
>>>> risk. To
>>>> solve this problem, we plan to work on built-in encryption in  
>>>> future
>>>> versions of TightVNC.
>>>>
>>>> In the mean time, if you need /real/ security, we recommend
>>>> installing
>>>> OpenSSH, and using SSH tunneling for all TightVNC connections from
>>>> untrusted networks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> http://www.tightvnc.com/
>>>
>>> I've used TightVNC the last few years and it works very well...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Maurice
>>>
>>>
>>> "Linux -- it's not just for breakfast anymore..."
>>> -Moe
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Randy Grein wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK, you asked for it!
>>>>
>>>> I'm playing with the new SUSE 10 desktop (evaluating for a client)
>>>> and I don't see an easy way to setup a VPN client. Yeah, there's a
>>>> command line option but I have users to work though this!
>>>> Am I missing something obvious? Several searches turn up nothing
>>>> useful....
>>>> Randy Grein, Master CNE, CCNA
>>>>
>>>> On May 24, 2006, at 12:31 PM, Joe Doupnik wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 	And while I thought everyone would be thirsting for more  
>>>>> technical
>>>>> information, we get weather reports instead. Golly, I offered some
>>>>> bait,
>>>>> some easy stuff and some not, yet not a nibble. It must be that
>>>>> folks are
>>>>> off fishing in their own pond, er server room. Tis that season.
>>>>> 	Joe D.
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