> I don't understand why. I tend to use RHEL or CentOS for servers so I > was unaware of this. Paul Horwatyh said (in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=350381): === The poptop server has to the best of my knowledge never been packaged as part of Fedora. The client is commonly used for connecting to MS-based company VPNs and in some countries for ADSL client connections; there is not such a clear need for the server since a better, more secure solution is available in the form of openvpn. Having said that, if somebody was to package up poptop and volunteer to maintain it in Fedora, I doubt that there would be any serious objections. === That's true, but if one wished to access openvpn server e.g. from Internet Cafe (when he is on the leave or business trip), he would have to install the openvpn client there, right? - That would be hard. More, because Linux become much more reliable comparing to Windows, Windows are being ditched from server side fields. That's also our cause. We need to remove the all boxes of the Windows platform in the server side field. The reliability of Linux v. Windows become incomparable. (For example:I made some prepaid card solution for one ISP and 3.5 years after I left the ISP they called me. They needed to add some function but nobody knew where the solution was running because nobody has touched it ever. That's what rathe none can experience with Windows.) L:) > ------------ Původní zpráva ------------ > Od: Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Předmět: Re: Connect Standard Windows VPN to Linux box > Datum: 15.1.2010 02:15:17 > ---------------------------------------- > On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 09:07 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > Chris Smart wrote: > > > 2010/1/15 j.halifax . <j.halifax@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > >>> However under Fedora, I can't fund the pptpd package. > > >>> > > >> Yes. yum says me "No package pptpd available." :( > > >> Thank you. > > >> > > > > > > You can download the source yourself and build it: > > > http://poptop.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > It has a sample pptpd.conf which you can edit. > > > > > > > > > > > I really don't understand the conundrum. > > > > The standard vpn server on a Windows box uses pptp. So, when I want my > > linux box to access a windows system I use a pptp client on my linux box > > to create a vpn tunnel to the windows system that is running a pptp server. > > > > When I want a windows system to access/create a vpn tunnel I have my > > linux box running the openvpn server and the windows box using an > > openvpn client. > > > > So, the question is simply "what side do you want to be the server, and > > what side the client". > ---- > I think they want to actually set up a pptp server on Linux - c'est la > vie. Apparently pptpd has never been packaged in Fedora but it is > available as part of RHEL. > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=350381 > > I don't understand why. I tend to use RHEL or CentOS for servers so I > was unaware of this. > > Craig > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > > > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
