On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Les Mikesell wrote: > Bill Campbell wrote: >> >> I would highly recommend using OpenVPN rather than using pptp, >> OpenVPN doesn't require kernel support as it's built on top of >> SSL, is far more secure than PPTP (the product of ``Kindergarten >> Cryptographers'' according to one well-know security paper), and >> there are clients for all flavors of Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. > > Microsoft has updated PPTP since the only paper I know about was > written. Does anyone know if there are still problems with it or if > the linux version is updated to match? > > But, openvpn is easier to use if you control the clients. If only Apple would add /dev/tun to the iPhone -- then our iPhone users could run OpenVPN and the sysadmin portion of my life would become somewhat less annoying... -- Paul Heinlein <> heinlein at madboa.com <> http://www.madboa.com/