Dear Florian,
> So far, OpenVPN has been working very well for me. Unfortunately, the
> iPhone doesn't have (yet?) an OpenVPN client, so I'm forced to work with
> what's available.
>
> The options are: L2TP, PPTP and IPSec. If you were to install a VPN
> endpoint on CentOS, which protocol would yo
Joseph L. Casale wrote:
> > The non-standard port is a good trick,
>
> Here's just an opinion: Security by obscurity only
> makes >you< feel good, it does nothing in reality.
> Anyone sufficiently talented to hack a service in
> order to gain root or do something useful would not
> be fooled by th
Les Mikesell wrote:
> Florin Andrei wrote:
>>
>> Maybe I don't trust the IMAP server enough to expose it. Maybe I should.
>
> Anything that can survive in a university environment should be safe
> enough for the rest of us.
That's a good point.
Okay, I have a few things to try now.
--
Florin
>The non-standard port is a good trick,
Here's just an opinion: Security by obscurity only
makes >you< feel good, it does nothing in reality.
Anyone sufficiently talented to hack a service in
order to gain root or do something useful would not
be fooled by that. Set whatever your doing up right
so
Florin Andrei wrote:
>
>> If you have a decent password (on all accounts) I wouldn't worry about
>> about it too much. Move it to an odd port or even require a client
>> certificate if your client software supports it.
>
> The non-standard port is a good trick, but even assuming the iPhone doe
on 3-26-2009 1:02 PM Florin Andrei spake the following:
> Les Mikesell wrote:
>> If you have a decent password (on all accounts) I wouldn't worry about
>> about it too much. Move it to an odd port or even require a client
>> certificate if your client software supports it.
>
> The non-standard
Les Mikesell wrote:
>
> If you have a decent password (on all accounts) I wouldn't worry about
> about it too much. Move it to an odd port or even require a client
> certificate if your client software supports it.
The non-standard port is a good trick, but even assuming the iPhone does
suppo
Florin Andrei wrote:
>>> The options are: L2TP, PPTP and IPSec. If you were to install a VPN
>>> endpoint on CentOS, which protocol would you prefer?
>> I know this doesn't answer your question as put, but it may be worth
>> taking a different tack and supplying whatever services wrapped with
Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> Florin Andrei wrote:
>> So far, OpenVPN has been working very well for me. Unfortunately, the
>> iPhone doesn't have (yet?) an OpenVPN client, so I'm forced to work with
>> what's available.
>>
>> The options are: L2TP, PPTP and IPSec. If you were to install a VPN
>> end
Hywel Richards wrote:
> Florin Andrei wrote:
>> The options are: L2TP, PPTP and IPSec. If you were to install a VPN
>> endpoint on CentOS, which protocol would you prefer?
>
> I know this doesn't answer your question as put, but it may be worth
> taking a different tack and supplying whatever
Florin Andrei wrote:
> So far, OpenVPN has been working very well for me. Unfortunately, the
> iPhone doesn't have (yet?) an OpenVPN client, so I'm forced to work with
> what's available.
>
> The options are: L2TP, PPTP and IPSec. If you were to install a VPN
> endpoint on CentOS, which protoco
Florin Andrei wrote:
> The options are: L2TP, PPTP and IPSec. If you were to install a VPN
> endpoint on CentOS, which protocol would you prefer?
>
I know this doesn't answer your question as put, but it may be worth
taking a different tack and supplying whatever services wrapped with
SSL/
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