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Re: vpnc or openvpn
by Brian Johnson-10
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I'm not really sure how to respond to this, however, I know I'm tired of sitting by while OIT continues to get bashed.
The fact of the matter is, there are several of us in OIT who are free software/open source software/Linux advocates and enthusiasts. Some of the most vocal voices on this list come from OIT employees. With all due respect Dr. Brown, to imply that OIT doesn't know what Linux is is insulting to those of us who care about these things as much as you do.
I believe this has been addressed on this list before, but yes, OIT is working on an SSL-VPN client solution. We have 2 folks in Network Services who have devoted several months to the project and are very close to having it finished. Open source? No. But it's OS agnostic and it shouldn't break every time there's a kernel update either.
Brian
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 1:46 AM, Robert G. Brown <rgb@...> wrote:
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The fact of the matter is, there are several of us in OIT who are free software/open source software/Linux advocates and enthusiasts. Some of the most vocal voices on this list come from OIT employees. With all due respect Dr. Brown, to imply that OIT doesn't know what Linux is is insulting to those of us who care about these things as much as you do.
I believe this has been addressed on this list before, but yes, OIT is working on an SSL-VPN client solution. We have 2 folks in Network Services who have devoted several months to the project and are very close to having it finished. Open source? No. But it's OS agnostic and it shouldn't break every time there's a kernel update either.
Brian
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 1:46 AM, Robert G. Brown <rgb@...> wrote:
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Jimmy Dorff wrote:Wow! Such responsiveness! Lessee, summer is only what, three months
> Robert G. Brown wrote:
>> Grrrr. Rant over.
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> FYI: OIT has talked about launching a "SSL VPN" this summer. I don't know
> any details, but that may help with journal access and such.
away?
That makes me feel much better. Much. And I'm CERTAIN that they'll
ensure that their new effort has open source clients that are guaranteed
to work under linux.
Is there something that OIT's many, many employees are doing that is
actually MORE important than fixing VPN access? I'm just curious...
And you don't have to answer that.
Let me see how long it takes to set up an openssl vpn with the capacity
to handle pretty much 100% of the off-campus users -- at least to the
limits of its wire. I'll bet it is a time measured in hours.
rgb
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