[NTLUG:Discuss] vpn help ... please

[Rick Cook]

On Tuesday 04 December 2001 21:17, you wrote:
>
> They also support VPN from remote workstations (without static IPS)
> running either Windows NT, or 2000.  I understand that it should be
> possible to do the same for a workstation running Linux - is that true?
>
> If it should be possible, how would I set up my end - the workstation
> (Red Hat Linux 7.1, soon to go 7.2), and assuming they would have to do
> something different for their end, what is that, and does anyone have
> any suggestions for convincing them to go to the effort?
>

You will need to know what VPN Server they are using. Most likely it is some 
type of PPTP based server. You should be able to use the Linux pptp client:

>From the README=>


pptp-linux

pptp-linux is an implementation of the PPTP protocol for Linux and
other Unix systems.

The code is released under the terms of the GPL; see the file COPYING
for details.



Rick