PPTP vs. SSL

[jordi laforge]

I'm trying to provide a roadwarrior situation. Here is what I'm looking at:
Small 8-12 user lan.
4-5 of these users have home pc's(Windows) that they'd like to use to
connect to the
office and user the file server\ email\ databases.
The windows file server has PPTP capabilities.

I could either use the Windows PPTP or setup another server running Linux
with openvpn. Or something else I haven't thought of....but you guys
suggest.
Whaddya think?


On 10/20/06, Kurt Granroth <plug-discuss at granroth.org> wrote:
>
> jordi laforge wrote:
> > Which would you use? Can you transfer files over SSL? Just looking for
> > opinions.
>
> I would guess that since you mention PPTP that you are looking for a VPN
> solution... but that doesn't jibe with your comment about transferring
> files.  Can you give a bit more detail on what you are trying to do?
>
> I'll give a scattershot of comments though and maybe one or two will hit
> the mark.
>
> PPTP is a VPN solution and SSL is a (streaming?) encryption standard.
> You can use SSL as the encryption layer of a VPN, though, which is
> exactly what OpenVPN uses.  I recommend OpenVPN as a VPN solution if you
> have the opportunity.
>
> If you just want to transfer files over a non-secure network in a secure
> manner, then you have a few choices.  If it's just file upload and
> download, then I typically use ssh either directly with 'scp' or 'sftp'
> or 'rsync'.
>
> If you are downloading only from a static source that you control and
> you have no SSH access, then you can use SSL via HTTPS.
>
> If you want to use an unencrypted network protocol in an encrypted
> manner, then you can create a tunnel either with ssh or stunnel.
>
> Did any of those come close to what you're looking for?
>
> Kurt
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