On Wed, 5 Jun 2013 15:39:51 +0100 Mark Rogers mark@quarella.co.uk allegedly wrote:
I have an Ubuntu Server (headless) box, which needs to establish a PPTP connection (as client) to a PPTP server elsewhere.
The box's sole purpose is to connect to the VPN, and download files for backup purposes. So keeping the VPN connection up is important.
After an afternoon Googling all I've come up with are several dozen ways to skin the same cat, and the cat is feeling a bit unloved. So any recommendations?
Alternative skinnings come to mind. Does it /have/ to be over a PPTP tunnel (because that is all that is available at the other end)? If you have to use a VPN, why not openvpn, or an ssh tunnel? But if you don't actually /have/ to use the VPN, why not scp, or rsync over ssh (which wouldn't need the persistent connection)?
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