[nylug-talk] Clean Slate Remote Office Connectivity

[wdg3rd at comcast.net]

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From: alex at pilosoft.com
> On Sat, 21 Apr 2007, Marco Romeny wrote:
> 
> > I see your point, but that's also the same argument peeps have against
> > most of what we are doing: "linux server? get with the times and get a
> > real windows 2003 server". "apache? get real, there is IIS" "openoffice?
> > stupid" etc. etc.
> OpenVPN doesn't have any more features (other than ease of setup - there 
> is no multivendor compatibility to worry about because there's only one 
> vendor) vs IPSEC.
> 
> > I not for us, pushing new solutions that we feel solves our problems
> > with more of an ease, many of todays advancement would never have
> > happened.
> That is very true. I shouldn't be so harsh on the Linux solutions. Right 
> tool for the right job. There could be situations where openvpn is the 
> most appropriate solution. However, I don't think this is one.

The original poster was talking about connecting one satellite office to HQ.  In another response your complaint was that openvpn does not scale.  A single connection is not a problem there.  When the organisation opens 23 more offices, scale could be a factor.  But for one line, it's fine.  (Actually, it's fine for at least three lines in my current environment, though my boss only knows about two of them).
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Ward Griffiths    wdg3rd at comcast.net

The reason folks don't think of installing Windows as a painful experience is roughly the same reason men don't think of childbirth as a painful experience.      Mike, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/30/letters_3003/