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On Monday 27 May 2013 02:43:08 walt wrote: |
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> This company: |
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> https://proxpn.com |
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> sponsors my all-time-favorite podcast, which I heartily commend to you: |
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> http://twit.tv/show/security-now |
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> (the audio podcast is what I suggest, as the video adds very little) |
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> Anyway, you can get a free account from proxpn.com by giving them a |
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> working email address (no credit card or any other personal info). |
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> Here is what I used to get it working on gentoo: |
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> net-misc/networkmanager |
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> net-misc/networkmanager-pptp |
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> and I had to add these to my kernel config: |
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> CONFIG_PPP |
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> CONFIG_PPP_MPPE |
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> CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC |
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> The name of the server to give networkmanager is pptp.proxpn.com |
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> I confess I have no idea how to do all of this without networkmanager, |
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> but I'd like to hear from you networking nerds out there who know more |
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> about this stuff than I do. |
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Hi Walt, |
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PPPTP uses a rather weak proprietary RC4 based encryption for tunnels in |
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old(er) MSWindows machines. At least make sure that it uses 128bit key |
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encryption, or better still drop this completely in favour of the OpenVPN |
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method which uses SSL certificates. |
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PS. It would be better if these guys offered a more serious VPN |
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implementation, like IPSec VPN (with either IKEv1 or IKEv2). If they won't, I |
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would suggest you look for a provider that does. |
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PPS. I see they are peddling privacy from governments' snooping efforts which |
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are fast being enshrined in law around the world, but can you really trust |
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them? What happens when the boys in black/blue knock on their door and ask to |
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have access to their servers? Heck, we all saw what happened with Kim Dotcom |
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in New Zealand, when the US media complex decided he was taking too big a |
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slice of their profits. Hosting servers in a foreign jurisdiction offers no |
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insurance, when money interests are more powerful than governments. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |