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by kymmie

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Hi,

My questions are in regard to the VPN that comes free with W9x and Winnt.

1. Does Microsoft's PPTP encrypt your data by default?

2. Can one use certificates with PPTP?

Also, what are most common VPN solutions for people that do not want to VPN into a firewall or router, but connect to their corporate NT server instead.

Thanks.

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by dlafrombois

I would personally never trust security from Microsoft. If this is information that is critical, then use a more industrial standard product for client-client or client-server VPN encryption. What are you communicating with, a firewall, server etc.

by naik_rajiv

1.yes, though a more secure option would be to use ipsec , pptp does encrypt your data.

2.no , you can use certificates only if you use l2tp/ipsec for client authentication

if you plan to tunnel your client connections to an NT server , your only option is to select microsoft pptp or ipsec/l2tp client.

by naik_rajiv

1.yes, though a more secure option would be to use ipsec , pptp does encrypt your data.

2.no , you can use certificates only if you use l2tp/ipsec for client authentication

if you plan to terminate your tunnel connections to an NT server , your only option is to select microsoft pptp or ipsec/l2tp client.

by kymmie

When tunnelling to a NT server that is protected by a firewall, is it safe to uncheck "use default gateway" in the advanced TCP/IP settings on the remote VPN?

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