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Re: VPN problems

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From	Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject	Re: VPN problems
Date	Wed, 7 Dec 2011 20:29:13 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2011-12-07, David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> wrote:
> On 07/12/11 18:53, Joshua Whalen wrote:
>> Hiya!
>>
>> I'm Joshua, and I'm part of the Technology working group for #Occupy
>> Wall Street. I'm trying to get a VPN set up on one of our hosts, so that
>> we can bypass the diabolical ISP that our building insists we use who
>> blocks everything in creation.  I'm running into a few problems.
>
> I've no experience with pptpd

I have.

> - it has always seemed like a poor and old-fashioned sort of tool

It is.

> that is only used because Windows supports it natively.

Bingo.

> It still may be the best tool for the job, but if you have 
> the option you should look at OpenVPN.  It is easy to configure, runs on 
> just about anything, and can be made to run over any port if your ISP or 
> firewall is being a problem.  Maybe you'll have more luck with it.

Definitely go with OpenVPN if at all possible.  The _only_ reason to
use pptp is that you have to talk to a Windows system run by an admin
too much under Microsoft's thumb to allow anything else.  PPTP can be
made to work, but it's not easy -- it takes a lot of futzing and
trial-and-error (I alwayus ended up having to rebuild the kernel).

For a trivial amount of money, you can get an account with a VPN
provider that will terminate OpenVPN connections on _any_ port that
your ISP will let you connect to (including 80, 443, etc.).

http://openvpn.net/

The vpn provider that I always used to use (vpnout) seems to be out of
business, but there are dozens of others.

-- 
Grant Edwards               grant.b.edwards        Yow! I feel ... JUGULAR ...
                                  at               
                              gmail.com

Thread

VPN problems Joshua Whalen <joshuafwhalen@gmail.com> - 2011-12-07 12:53 -0500
  Re: VPN problems David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2011-12-07 20:26 +0100
    Re: VPN problems Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-07 20:29 +0000
      Re: VPN problems Joshua Whalen <joshuafwhalen@gmail.com> - 2011-12-07 19:25 -0500
        Re: VPN problems David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2011-12-08 09:47 +0100
          Re: VPN problems Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-08 14:53 +0000
            Re: VPN problems David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2011-12-08 17:19 +0100
          Re: VPN problems Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2011-12-08 18:36 +0100
      Re: VPN problems Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2011-12-08 18:25 +0100

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