[KLUG Hardware] Difference between Gold & Silver

[Bruce Smith]

> > >Since either can be easily broken, I didn't see the point in buying 
> > >a gold.  Besides, the higher encryption you go, the slower the link.  
> > >Much better to run a VPN of some kind if you need security (IMO).
> 
> What is people preferred VPN solution for over wireless? 

I used to use IPSEC in RH 8.0.  I read that the IPSEC kernel patches
will not apply to a RH9 kernel (although I haven't actually tried it),
so I'm looking for something different myself.

One question:  Does PPTP require a kernel patch?  Recompiling my laptop
kernel every other week when RH comes out with a new kernel is a PITA.

The other thing I've considered looking into is something like the
commercial wireless providers use, where they hijack your traffic to a
web page making you sign in before they allow general traffic.  I don't
really care about encryption, I mainly want to limit drive-by spammers
from using my wireless connection and getting me in trouble with my ISP.
But I have no idea what software is required for something like this.

I already have my WAP isolated on it's on NIC (DMZ) on my firewall.
Now I need to limit who can get to the internet from there.

> Has anyone tried the VPN support built into RH9?

CIPE?  Not yet, but I'll probably check into it too.  My main concern 
is getting to work as a server since it's not supported by my firewall
(Devil Linux).

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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