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VPN over PPP

From: evanh@sco.COM (Evan Hunt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.sco.misc
Subject: Re: VPN and SCO OpenServer
Date: 3 Aug 1999 21:29:22 GMT
Message-ID: <7o7mvi$aln$1@hobbes.sco.com> 
References: <rqel98h8rpscq6@corp.supernews.com> 


Don't blame me, I voted for "Willy Gilligan" <fwjones@rocketmail.com>.
>I am currently working with a customer that would like to implement a dialup
>VPN connection from on SCO OpenServer box to a remote SCO OpenServer box for
>periodic file transfers.  I am not that familiar with the SCO product (more
>of a linux person), does anyone know of a VPN server and/or VPN client
>(preferably software based) that would work.  I found some limited
>information on SCO's site about the Internet Security Package, does it have
>the necessary functionality.

Morning Star PPP can act as a VPN client and server.  Essentially you
configure PPP to connect via a tcp socket or a telnet connection, instead
of a conventional serial-port/modem connection.  Then you use the "gw-crypt"
option on both ends to encrypt the traffic over the tunnel.

This isn't compatible with PPTP or any other VPN standard, but it does
work.

I can't remember whether you need special licensing to use "gw-crypt".
You may need to have an Internet Security Package license, or you may
not; I'm really not sure.

-- 
                  Evan Hunt   -   evanh at sco dot com

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