Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] l2tp/IPSec success?

[Kari M. <kar...@tr...>]

Frank Weis wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> is anyone using l2tp with IPSec? I'm trying to set this up, but it doen't seem 
> to work.... The IPSec part is OK, but l2tp doesn't seem to do anything, 
> doesn't log anything etc.... 
> I'm using DL 1.2.13.
> 
> Thanks a lot for any hints.

I've always skipped L2TP with a smile :-)

> Frank 
> 
> PS: Background:
> 
> I need appliances that run Windows XP to automatically start some VPN to a 
> DL-protected net when they boot up, so alternatives to IPSec are welcome (I 
> don't consider MS-CHAP a reasonable alternative)

OpenVPN.  You can run it either in bridged mode or routed mode.
You can setup the client on XP to run as a service. It can automagically 
open the tunnel after boot.
DL obviously runs the server part.
Currently the architecture is one server - N clients.
Server - server is not yet there.

There is some good information on openvpn.se on this. There you can also 
download the Windows GUI for OpenVPN.

-kari