Re: Virtual Private Networking ?

[Ian McKellar <yakk-gnome-list yakk net au>]

On Sun, Dec 19, 1999 at 05:51:21PM -0600, Firedog@icekitten.com wrote:
> 	Does Linux RH 6.2 have the ability to set up a VPN ? Is this only a
> Microsoft Protocol ? I'm also interested in sharing my printer for internet
> sharing. Is there any software out there that I can D/L and test out. I'm
> needing this for testing on the best way to do a VPN and cheapest. Windows
> 2000 is already equipped with VPN and is easy to set up, but the cost of the
> machine that you would need for 20 printers and a bunch of Traffic searching
> threw files would be very costly. I'm new to Linux and still learning allot
> as I go. Please point me in the correct direction to get the information
> that would best answer my questions.

If you're talking about PPTP (what Win98 uses), then there are clients and
servers for Linux. Take a look at http://www.moretonbay.com/.

Ian

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