On Tue, 04 Sep 2001 10:28:39 +0800, "Rino Mardo" writes: >> I think I can guess that if you're using Lotus Notes, most of your >> employee's are working on windows. if that's correct, then you should >> consider pptp instead of ipsec. I'm no windows whiz but I think that pptp >> is easier to set then ipsec on windows (on linux it's a different >> matter). it worked fine on a startup I was working for (all the >> employee's were connecting to a cisco firewall with pptp and radius >> authentication). > >yes that's also an option. but i think pptp won't work over the internet. >what i'm looking at here is employees being able to access our local servers >remotely from anywhere in the world. my understanding with vpn (which was >confirmed by an earlier post from Mr. James) is that the user can login to a >country's isp and connect to our internal servers over the internet via vpn. >so there's no overseas connection charges.
PPTP will work over any IP-network. But ISTR that holes in it´s security-concept were found very shortly after $evilcompany let out the specs, although I don´t have a URL at hand. cheers, &rw -- -- copy protection: n. A class of methods for preventing -- incompetent pirates from stealing software and legitimate -- customers from using it. Considered silly. ----
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