VPN solution(s) for Fedora Core

[Nathan Robertson]

On 22/05/2004, at 1:52 AM, Jason Tackaberry wrote:

> Since CIPE's removal from Fedora Core, there is a noticeable void that
> still needs to be filled.  I'd like to raise the issue here and spark a
> discussion in the hope that we can find consensus on one or more pieces
> of VPN software to include in Fedora Core 3.

I know this will leave a bad taste in peoples mouths, but from a 
practicality point of view the Microsoft VPN (MPPE and friends, iirc) 
is implemented by a kernel patch in ppp CVS (providing the ppp_mppe 
module). I've got that patch in my kernel at the moment and it works 
well. The great thing is that it works with everything - Linux, Mac OS 
X and Windows, and works over a masquerade for the client. I think 
these two points are important (particularly useful for RHEL customers, 
I would have thought) - range of client compatibility, and the client 
working over a masquerade.

The patch has been around for a fair while (I've had it patched in for 
about 6 months now, god knows how long it's been around before that). I 
haven't bothered looking into why Linus hasn't merged it, since crypto 
is now in the kernel. Maybe patent issues in the US?

Nathan.