Angelo’s blog

I’ve got a MS ISA 2004 server, and some colleagues that connect to the office remotely, using the built-in windows PPTP client.

After using Microsoft’s PPTP server for about 6 years, I’ve totally had it. I’m tired and sick of problems with networking infrastructue (passing GRE through firewalls), the lack of easy error reporting functionality, etc. Every now and then connections don’t work, and rebooting a firewall here and there usually solves the problem.

After thinking about it for a while, I decided to ditch the MS PPTP server, and implement an OpenVPN server for my collegues on the road. I’ve been using OpenVPN for a while now as well, and I’m a big fan.. I’ve hooked up several data centres and remote locations using OpenVPN, and it has always been a rock solid solution. It can get a little complex at times, but it’s definitly worth the effort.

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