> Based on other discussussions on the list my recollection is that IPSEC > provides better performance if you need GigE or better data rates on > your VPNs. My sense is that IPSEC may be more difficult to configure > and less robust at keeping connections up, but this has probably > improved in recent years. ipsec is usually too complex .. for anything else than site to site tunneled connections. > > The main advantage to pptp that I see is compatibility with mobile > devices. A disadvantage of PPTP, as far as I know it cannot easily be > tunneled through something like a linux firewall because it uses > non-standard protocol packets (not TCP/UDP). > Well, at least linux support pptp connection tracking, but some poor firewalls do not. -- Eero