[ILUG] linux <-> winxp vpn over ssh

[bryan hunt]

On Monday 02 December 2002 11:41, Stephen Shirley wrote:

Whats wrong with pptp ? You can download poptop client 
from http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ . Mandrake ships 
with mppe allready in the kernel so no messy patching.

--B


> Mornin' all,
> 	I want to set up the above mentioned vpn between a linux box and a
> winxp box. The main problem i'm have is that it has to be over a tcp
> connection (provided by ssh). PPTP won't work because it uses GRE, L2TP
> uses IPsec, IPsec has to use publically accessible hosts (which thesse are
> not), and CIPE uses udp and doesn't run on winxp, only 2k.
> 	Have i missed something? Otherwise, i may be reduced to writing a
> fake null modem driver for xp, and connecting to it using ppp. Of
> course, i've no idea how difficult that would be, and it does sound like
> pain, so i'd be happy to hear of another solution. Any suggestions?
>
> Steve

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