On 5 June 2013 19:11, mick mbm@rlogin.net wrote:
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)?
It's a bit convoluted but yes it does "have to" be via PPTP, for some reasonably high value of "have to". That said, security isn't particularly the issue it's trying to solve (it's mostly about providing a static IP). (The files that are being downloaded aren't on the box that hosts the VPN.) The VPN is mainly there for Windows users to access a service via a static IP, and sadly PPTP is by far the easiest option for Windows users.
I found some reasonable information at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ppp/+bug/567697 .. which I'm trying out.
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