Pedro Tytgat wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> I would like to know if there's an open source VPN server I could install on
> a Linux server, that doesn't need any software to be installed on the
> windows clients that will need to access a network through that Linux vpn.
>
> I had hoped that OpenVPN would provide me this functionality, but if I read
> well, I have to install this software on all clients too.
>
The answer is on the frontpage of the openvpn site I think:
"OpenVPN's user-space implementation allows portability across operating
systems and processor architectures, firewall and NAT-friendly
operation, dynamic address support, and multiple protocol support
including protocol bridging.
The IPSec protocol is designed to be implemented as a modification to
the IP stack in kernel space, and therefore each operating system
requires its own independent implementation of IPSec.
There are advantages and disadvantages to both approaches. The principal
advantages of OpenVPN's approach is portability, ease of use, and
compatibility with NAT and dynamic addresses. The learning curve for
installing and using OpenVPN is on par with that of other
security-related daemon software such as ssh.
IPSec's primary advantage is multi-vendor support."
S.
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