Subject: Re: VPN / IpSec / PPTP
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/25/1999 17:30:37
In article <01BF06EA.1932B250.Scott.Burns@Netcontech.Com>,
Scott R. Burns <Scott.Burns@Netcontech.Com> wrote:
>We have a client who requires a VPN setup between a bunch of remote Win95 
>or WinNT clients in their branch offices, and the head office. The clients 
>will want to browse the head office NT LAN, connect to shares on NT 
>servers, and use SQLserver (via ODBC - TCP/IP). The head office is 
>currently setup with NetBSD V1.3.2 with only a low speed dialout link. This 
>is being upgraded to a ADSL line and router with the NetBSD box for squid, 
>http, e-mail etc. between the router and the LAN.

The easiest solution is to have a couple of the NT servers serve pptp
at the head office behind the firewall. It would be too much work to
make win98/NT workstation to work with IPSEC.

NetBSD does not currently support pptp.

christos