Am Mi, den 04.02.2004 schrieb xyzzy@xxxxxxxxxx um 10:04: > > Why, exactly, is PPTP insecure? Do you have any references for this? http://www.schneier.com/paper-pptp.html http://www.schneier.com/pptp.html http://mopo.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/pptp_mschapv2/ > If my ISP is running a PPTP server will FreeS/WAN or OpenVPN even work at all? Why would your ISP run a VPN server? I know that some ISPs, mainly in Austria use PPTP for internet access, but there it's ok, for you don't need the privacy you want are expecting from a VPN. Windows 2000 and XP can handle IPsec, so you can connect with FreeS/WAN. OpenVPN is also available for Windoze 2k/XK, but not for Win9x. So the only situation PPTP really is needed (if it is needed at all) are Win98 computers. Christoph P.S.: FreeS/Wan RPMs are available at the http://freeswan.org, FreeS/WAN w. x509 patch is at http://www.freeswan.ca (they have tarballs but a specfile is included), For SuperFreeS/WAN there are source RPMs at http://tis.foobar.fi/software/ OpenVPM for FC1 can be found in Dag Wieers repo.
