Re: VPN

[Bret Hughes <bhughes elevating com>]

On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 13:08, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> Bret Hughes wrote:
> 
> >Part of this discussion is missing in my mind, that being what protocol
> >is going to be used.  ipsec (native win2000+ support), ppptp supposed to
> >have security probs, ssh (never tried it on a windows box), cipe (there
> >is a windows based client that works with a linux box)
> >  
> >
>     All the machines on the office network are Win2K Pro machines. 
>  Whatever works with them.  I don't have any control over what's on the 
> outside "calling" in.  Those range from probably 98 up to XP...  They 
> would all need to connect painlessly.
> 
>     At the moment I'm looking for a hardware solutions that will work.
> 

Then cipe (I think there is a 9x client) or the cisco pic or some other
dedicated vpn solution with windows client software is the way to go. 
In our testing we found cipe to be easy to setup once we got the hang of
it.  There is a linux box already there at my client's site.  

Bret