OpenSwan vs. OpenVPN ...

[Leonard Isham]

On 5/11/06, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa at gmail.com> wrote:
> Which is better for the following.
>
> - FC5 server with ssh/sftp and smb to be connected to via VPN from a
> known WinXP machine
> - FC5 server with ssh/sftp and smb to be connected to via VPN from a
> WinXP laptop from unpredictable locations, etc.
>
> Which requires the least work Wndows client side, and which is better
> overall? OpenSwan or OpenVPN?
>
> I have never setup a VPN myself. So it is part need , part curiousity.
>
> Please advise.
>

I have done IPSec VPNs (but not OpenSWAN) and OpenVPN.  MY vote is with OpenVPN.

IIUC IPSec is now part of Fedora so OpenSwan would not be needed.

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Leonard Isham, CISSP
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