Re: Connecting to Microsoft VPN

On Saturday 01 May 2004 3:29 am, Christoph Wickert wrote: >Am Sa, den 01.05.2004 schrieb Christoph Wickert um 04:07: > > >>(You need to have kernelsources installed. You will need them anyway, >>for the module bsd_comp.o is missing in the fedora kernel (WHY??). So >>you have turn bsd-compression off or rebuild the module for your kernel, >>at least that's what I did.) >> >> >Ooops; I forgot the most important step: >download and install: >http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pptpclient/pptp-linux-1.4.0-1.i386.rpm > >[snipped] > >Christoph > > However, if you search the net, you will find MANY documents telling you why you should not do this. PPTP is a VERY insecure method. (Sorry bit I can't cite anything specific here as it's a while since I investigated this stuff - I decided on the more restrictive but more secure port forwarding over SSH. (Other methods are available. No guarantee is provided either implied..........you know what I mean)).