Setting up a VPN server for Linux clients in Debian

Hi everyone,

I would like to set up a VPN server on my Linux box so that Windows 2000/XP
clients can connect to my LAN, and access shares on Windows machines on this
network.

I have seen so many different ways of setting up VPNs, that I'm really not
sure which route to take. I tried setting up poptop, but I had trouble
getting clients to connected.

Can anyone recommend a particular way of setting up a VPN that is hopefully
secure, and Debian-friendly? If it's easy to install and configure, even
better.


thanks!




OL/2

OL/2 <> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I would like to set up a VPN server on my Linux box so that Windows 2000/XP
> clients can connect to my LAN, and access shares on Windows machines on this
> network.
>
> I have seen so many different ways of setting up VPNs, that I'm really not
> sure which route to take. I tried setting up poptop, but I had trouble
> getting clients to connected.
>
> Can anyone recommend a particular way of setting up a VPN that is hopefully
> secure, and Debian-friendly? If it's easy to install and configure, even
> better.

Your best bet is probably OpenVPN at http://openvpn.sf.net/

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