[Eug-lug] Looking for suggestions on VPN software

[Ben Barrett]

Speaking of wider audiences, is SAO still doing events?  A VPN presentation
without so many nuts & bolts would probably be appreciated by many folks who
can manage their own PCs and home networks... something along the lines of
those turn-key distros and appliances, I'm thinking.  :)

~ben


On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Matt Jarvis <mattj at bikefriday.com> wrote:

> Quentin Hartman wrote:
> <snip>
>
> > I'm in the middle of ripping a really crappy unreliable Watchguard VPN
> > "solution" out of my office and replacing it with an OpenVPN - based on=
e.
> > Specifically, I'm running an "appliance" distro called Untangle. It's r=
eally
> > really nice, unless you have reptty weird needs, I can't recommend it
> > enough. It's easy to install and easy to manage. The really nice part is
> > that it automagically creates custom installers for OpenVPN for Windows
> > users, making deploying VPN Clients to users pretty brainless. The conf=
ig
> > files and keys it creates and distributes are perfectly usable with Ope=
nVPN
> > on Linux (I use it via the Network Manager OpenVPN plugin) and I have no
> > reason to think they  would not work with one of the OSX OpenVPN client=
s.
> >
> > --
> > -Regards-
> >
> > -Quentin Hartman-
> >
> >
> Quentin-
>
> Even though we're booked up for a while it sounds like this VPN stuff
> would make a neato topic for the IT Pro Forum.
>
> --
> Matthew S. Jarvis
> IT Manager, MCP
> Bike Friday - "Performance That Packs!"
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> mattj at bikefriday.com
>
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