[Asterisk-Users] Best VPN server for * and woad warriors usin g windows?

[David Brodbeck]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Remco Barende [mailto:asterisk at barendse.to]

> Why is it bad to put a vpn server on the * box?

CPU load.  IPSec can be quite CPU intensive.  So can asterisk.  Putting two
CPU-intensive, time-sensitive applications on one machine is asking for
trouble.  It may work, though, if you don't have too many simultaneous
users.

> I was considering IPSEC because I heard it is safer or more 
> secure than PPTP and Windows XP supports IPSEC natively (or so it 
> claims).

It does, but I've never had much luck getting it to interoperate with
anything but a Windows server.  I've heard it can be done, but I don't
understand IPSec well enough to make it work.  It's not simple.