<div dir="ltr">PPTP is an older, less reliable tech. Use L2TP or, even better, openVPN. If you go with openVPN (as many people do), be sure to steer clear of the versions affected by Heartbleed!<div><br></div><div>There's a comparison of some different types at <a href="http://www.giganews.com/vyprvpn/compare-vpn-protocols.html">http://www.giganews.com/vyprvpn/compare-vpn-protocols.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 May 2014 14:03, Joe Wennechuk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:youcanreachmehere@hotmail.com" target="_blank">youcanreachmehere@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div dir="ltr">Thanks .. Looks Good.<br><br>One my co-workers is telling me that PPTP is no good to use for VPN anymore, as it is now insecure. Can someone enlighten me on this? I use PPTP for several things, and am curious about this statement. <br>
<br><br><div><hr>From: <a href="mailto:jpoole@digitaljedi.ca" target="_blank">jpoole@digitaljedi.ca</a><br>Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 13:51:38 -0400<br>To: <a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a><br>
Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Easy Software based VPN<br><br>There is openvpn AS which has a gui attached to openvpn with a license structure, however it is free for two users but the licensing is really cheap for users/year fee’s.<div>
<br></div><div>Support Local, PAM, RADIUS, LDAP for authentication.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div>$7.50 per user/year but minimum of 10 users (75$ US).</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>PfSense has a pretty good module for openvpn as well.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On May 5, 2014, at 1:43 PM, Joe Wennechuk <<a href="mailto:youcanreachmehere@hotmail.com" target="_blank">youcanreachmehere@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Hello all.<br><br> I have been tasked with setting up a VPN server. What is the quickest and easiest? I have set up OpenVPN before; but, I was hoping there may be a good VPN software package that has a GUI for user management etc. I don't want to have to be responsible for user management or anything after the initial setup.<br>
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