VPN Advice needed

[Lonni J Friedman]

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 7:17 AM, Yu Meng Chong <chongym at cymulacrum.net> wrote:
> Hi Ben
>
> ----- "Ben Duncan" <bend at linux4ms.net> wrote:
>
>> have picked up some Government contract for support.
>>
>> Their IT staff uses VPN connections to their network.
>> HOWEVER, all their IT staff could tell me is that:
>>
>> "WE use the VPN client that comes on Windows to allow you
>> to connect".
>
> It could be a PPTP VPN. They could be using a Windows server in their office as the VPN endpoint, or it could be a appliance-type device, like the Linksys RV082.
>
> Or it could be L2TP -- Sonicwall has a pretty good implementation of that. If you are not sure, just ask if Windows Vista/Windows 7 is also supported. If they aren't and they cannot connect, chances are that it is a PPTP VPN.
>
> As for Linux software to connect to that VPN .... ummm... can't really help you there. I'd like to know too! Sorry if I wasn't too helpful here...

If you know what kind of VPN server you're trying to connect to, then
you should be able to use vpnc to connect to it.  vpnc definitely
works fine for Cisco VPN servers.

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