Cisco VPN Client and 2.6.22 Kernels

fredex fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us
Sat Aug 4 16:08:52 UTC 2007


On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 09:20:20AM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 05:40:31PM +0200, Mogens Kjaer wrote:
> > My impression is that vpnc is much more CPU demanding than
> > Cisco's VPN client.
> 
> 
> On the other hand, it's less likely to cause kernel panics and won't taint
> your kernel. Take your pick.
> 
> 
> Really, don't do heavy compute jobs while using the VPN and you'll be fine.

I use vpnc a lot, and I've never NOTICED that it hogs the CPU. And the
fact that it runs entirely in "user space" is a feature, as far as I"m
concerned.

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