[Leaplist] connecting IPCop to PPTP VPN how?

[Steve Litt]

On Friday 24 July 2009 07:13:57 Bruce Metcalf wrote:
> Kevin Korb wrote:
> > Ray Brunkow wrote:
> >>> yes i know ipsec is better, but its not an option.
> >
> > Perhaps the people smart enough to know don't use IPCop :P
>
> Okay, sounds like I missed something again. Are y'all suggesting that
> clueless newbies like me should unplug my IPCop box and replace it with
> ipsec?
>
> Or should us dummies stick with what we know?
>
> I'm getting confused again.
>
> Bruce

Hi Bruce,

Kevin was probably talking about pf, the BSD firewall system. Pf is not like 
IPCop, but instead is like the iptables that underlies the IPCop distro. 
However, pf is much simpler and intuitive to configure than iptables.

See this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PF_(firewall)

Now whether pf can easily connect to a PPTP VPN, I have no idea.

I'm considering taking a spare box, loading it up with BSD, and configuring it 
as a dedicated firewall/nat/dhcp_server. If it works, fine, if not, I'll just 
keep using IPCop, which has been serving me beautifully since 2000 (when it 
was called Smoothwall).

If IPCop's already working for you, you know it, and your priority is getting 
stuff done with your box, I think IPCop's fine.

SteveT

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