VPN Advice.

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Jefferey Simmons

Hi all,

I have a Win2K3 Std. Ed. server that I was thinking of using as to enable
VPN access in to our LAN from the internet for our "road warriors". I was
briefly discussing this with a friend and he said that it (MS VPN) is more
trouble than it is worth. If you want VPN then go out and buy a proper
piece of kit or ask the ISP to enable it on your Cisco 2600 router. He is
vehemntly against all things Microsoft so I thought that I would get another
opinion. Can anyone please share their views of how well this really works
in a practical environment. Is security not as strong using the MS software
VPN as opposed to a Netscreen or Cisco solution? I have set it up basically
on my server using RRAS and I can connect a local PC to it using L2TP and
PPTP. All I need do now is open up the firewall but I thought that I might
find out how good it is, especially with regards to security, before I do
that.

TIA,

Jeff
 
windows vpn works fine. it is easy to manage and setup. However, if you have
Cisco router, it is better to use the router as vpn.

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