Re: PPTP or L2TP ?

[Stefano Canepa <sc@linux.it>]

Thursday 22 May 2003, alle 18:08, Theo Cabrerizo Diem:
: Hi,
: 
: I like to know what u think about VPNs using PPTP/L2TP protocols ...
: I think freeswan is much better choise .. but I need to connect some
: clients to my network .. and those clients doesn't use linux :( .. but I
: do =) ....
: So .. I have 2 choices =) PPTP (PopTop software) and L2TP (sorry .. have
: some win98 boxes, so can't use freeswan with X.509 certificates) ...
: 
: So .. what u think ? ... L2TP support in linux seems to be still in
: alpha stage ... :o/ ...
: 
: Is PPTP (with MS-CHAP 128 bits key <I think it's weak :/ .. isn't ? > )
: better than L2TP (but in alpha stage) ? ...
: 
: Someone know other software (GPL/freeware) to do this ? ...
: 

In your situation I would use PPTP but I would protect all data passing
on the link using other means (scp, ssl, ssh).

Stefano

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