Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-23 Thread Les Mikesell
Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> but the other problem >> with IPsec is that the usual tools don't provide an interface for >> routing and they need some other mechanism to decide what goes through >> them. > > This has always been my issue with IPsec tunnels. What to use and do you > know if wha

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-23 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Les Mikesell wrote: > Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I have never liked the SSLvpn architecture. Never really liked the SSL handshake; just too chatty. I wear my biases quite plainly on my arm sleeve (I chaired the IPsec workgroup during the time the RFCs came out). You wa

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-23 Thread Les Mikesell
Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >>> I have never liked the SSLvpn architecture. Never really liked the SSL >>> handshake; just too chatty. I wear my biases quite plainly on my arm >>> sleeve (I chaired the IPsec workgroup during the time the RFCs came >>> out). You want security, go with IPsec. E

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-23 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Les Mikesell wrote: > Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> I have never liked the SSLvpn architecture. Never really liked the SSL >> handshake; just too chatty. I wear my biases quite plainly on my arm >> sleeve (I chaired the IPsec workgroup during the time the RFCs came >> out). You want securit

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-23 Thread Les Mikesell
Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > I have never liked the SSLvpn architecture. Never really liked the SSL > handshake; just too chatty. I wear my biases quite plainly on my arm > sleeve (I chaired the IPsec workgroup during the time the RFCs came > out). You want security, go with IPsec. Even ESP

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-23 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Bernard 'Tux' Lheureux wrote: > Matt wrote: > >>> I have to build vpn server for 1500 clients. No encryption necessary. >>> can anyone please recommend me vpn server. >>> >>> Have you looked at Mikrotik.com router OS? It has PPTP server. Very >>> fast and easy to setup >>> > But PPTP is

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-22 Thread Bernard 'Tux' Lheureux
Matt wrote: >> I have to build vpn server for 1500 clients. No encryption necessary. >> can anyone please recommend me vpn server. >> >> Have you looked at Mikrotik.com router OS? It has PPTP server. Very >> fast and easy to setup But PPTP is very weak in terms of security... IPsec or SSL VPNs sh

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-22 Thread Matt
> I have to build vpn server for 1500 clients. No encryption necessary. > can anyone please recommend me vpn server. > > I do not have experience on vpn. > > I have tested openvpn on my test setup, & its working fine. > > I want to check if there any other vpn server available. > I have not checked

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-22 Thread Scott Silva
on 12-20-2008 11:52 PM Dhaval Thakar spake the following: >> Just out of my own curriosity have you gave the thought of using >> deadicated >> or virtual circuits for the VPN implimentation? Like Frame Relay or ATM? >> Are >> you passing off the connections to a secondairy network access server? Or

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-21 Thread Rob Townley
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 9:20 AM, wrote: > Hi list, > > > I have to build vpn server for 1500 clients. No encryption necessary. > can anyone please recommend me vpn server. > > I do not have experience on vpn. > > I have tested openvpn on my test setup, & its working fine. > > I want to check if t

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-21 Thread Les Mikesell
Dhaval Thakar wrote: > If you could use a lower CPU intensive crypt like blowfish, it would be easier. Are all these trading partners in different locations or are there semi large groups in the same locations? >>> all these are end users. >>> they connect softwa

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-21 Thread John
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Dhaval Thakar > Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 2:49 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients > > > &g

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-21 Thread NiftyClusters T Mitchell
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > John wrote: >>> -Original Message- >>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients >>> >>> Dhaval Thakar wrote: >>> >>>>> If you could use a lower

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-20 Thread Dhaval Thakar
> Just out of my own curriosity have you gave the thought of using > deadicated > or virtual circuits for the VPN implimentation? Like Frame Relay or ATM? > Are > you passing off the connections to a secondairy network access server? Or > how do you plan on rolling this out, configuration wise? >

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-20 Thread Dhaval Thakar
> Dhaval Thakar wrote: >>> If you could use a lower CPU intensive crypt like blowfish, it would be >>> easier. >>> >>> Are all these trading partners in different locations or are there semi >>> large >>> groups in the same locations? >>> >> all these are end users. >> they connect software fro

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-20 Thread Robert Moskowitz
John wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: centos-boun...@centos.org >> [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Les Mikesell >> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 1:20 PM >> To: CentOS mailing list >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-20 Thread John
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of MHR > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 6:33 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients > > On Sat, Dec 20

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-20 Thread MHR
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:50 AM, John wrote: > > Just out of my own curriosity have you gave the thought of using deadicated Was that a freudian slip? :-) mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-20 Thread John
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Les Mikesell > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 1:20 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients > > Dhaval T

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-20 Thread Les Mikesell
Dhaval Thakar wrote: >> If you could use a lower CPU intensive crypt like blowfish, it would be >> easier. >> >> Are all these trading partners in different locations or are there semi large >> groups in the same locations? >> > all these are end users. > they connect software from home / offic

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Dhaval Thakar
> If you could use a lower CPU intensive crypt like blowfish, it would be > easier. > > Are all these trading partners in different locations or are there semi large > groups in the same locations? > all these are end users. they connect software from home / offices. > Maybe a hundred or so sh

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Les Mikesell wrote: > Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > >> How about lots of GRE tunnels? :-) >> >> >> > I've done that with a few connections - mostly connecting to Cisco > routers to pass multicast streams. I'm not sure

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Les Mikesell
Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > How about lots of GRE tunnels? :-) > > I've done that with a few connections - mostly connecting to Cisco routers to pass multicast streams. I'm not sure how it would scale up in terms of the interface numbers and

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Les Mikesell
Scott Silva wrote: > > How about lots of GRE tunnels? :-) > I've done that with a few connections - mostly connecting to Cisco routers to pass multicast streams. I'm not sure how it would scale up in terms of the interface numbers and managing routes but it sh

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 01:54:32PM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Ray Van Dolson wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 01:14:34PM -0500, Ross Walker wrote: > > > >> On Dec 19, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Ray Van Dolson wrote: > >> > >> > >>> How about lots of GRE tunnels? :-) > >>> > >> Well

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Les Mikesell wrote: > Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >>> >>> How about lots of GRE tunnels? :-) >>> I've done that with a few connections - mostly connecting to Cisco >>> routers to pass multicast streams. I'm not sure how it would scale up >>> in terms of th

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Ray Van Dolson wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 01:14:34PM -0500, Ross Walker wrote: > >> On Dec 19, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Ray Van Dolson wrote: >> >> >>> How about lots of GRE tunnels? :-) >>> >> Well PPTP is PPP over GRE, so that's basically it. >> >> PPTP can run without encryption

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Robert Moskowitz
William Warren wrote: > Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> Ray Van Dolson wrote: >> >> >>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 03:42:08PM +, Karanbir Singh wrote: >>> >>> >>> Rainer Duffner wrote: >> 1500 clients is quite a lot, but not hard

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Scott Silva
on 12-19-2008 10:33 AM Les Mikesell spake the following: > Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> How about lots of GRE tunnels? :-) >>> I've done that with a few connections - mostly connecting to Cisco >>> routers to pass multicast streams. I'm not sure how it would scale up >>> in term

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Les Mikesell
Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> >>> How about lots of GRE tunnels? :-) >>> >> I've done that with a few connections - mostly connecting to Cisco >> routers to pass multicast streams. I'm not sure how it would scale up >> in terms of the interface numbers and managing routes but it should work

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 01:14:34PM -0500, Ross Walker wrote: > > > On Dec 19, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Ray Van Dolson wrote: > > > How about lots of GRE tunnels? :-) > > Well PPTP is PPP over GRE, so that's basically it. > > PPTP can run without encryption too if the OP really doesn't care > abou

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Scott Silva
on 12-19-2008 7:49 AM Ray Van Dolson spake the following: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 03:42:08PM +, Karanbir Singh wrote: >> Rainer Duffner wrote: 1500 clients is quite a lot, but not hard to handle from a single machine if you select a cpu capable of doing ssl quickly. eg a power6 >>

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Ross Walker
On Dec 19, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Ray Van Dolson wrote: > How about lots of GRE tunnels? :-) Well PPTP is PPP over GRE, so that's basically it. PPTP can run without encryption too if the OP really doesn't care about encryption. -Ross ___ CentOS mail

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Michael Semcheski
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:41 AM, John R Pierce wrote: > I still think I'd recommend Juniper SSLVPN appliance hardware however. > one of their midsized boxes can easily handle 1000s of sessions at wire > speeds up to 100baseT at the server side, and has really good I was an end user of a Juniper

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread William Warren
Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Ray Van Dolson wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 03:42:08PM +, Karanbir Singh wrote: >> >> >>> Rainer Duffner wrote: >>> >>> > 1500 clients is quite a lot, but not hard to handle from a single > machine if you select a cpu capable of d

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 01:11:29PM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Ray Van Dolson wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:49:08PM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > >> Ray Van Dolson wrote: > >> > >>> How about lots of GRE tunnels? :-) > >>> > >> RED can kill GRE tunnels over the ne

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Ray Van Dolson wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:49:08PM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> Ray Van Dolson wrote: >> >>> How about lots of GRE tunnels? :-) >>> >> RED can kill GRE tunnels over the net. Depends on the protocol they >> carry. If it is all TCP, you see a lot of slow

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Les Mikesell wrote: > Ray Van Dolson wrote: > >> How about lots of GRE tunnels? :-) >> > > I've done that with a few connections - mostly connecting to Cisco > routers to pass multicast streams. I'm not sure how it would scale up > in terms of the interface numbers and managing routes bu

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:49:08PM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Ray Van Dolson wrote: > > How about lots of GRE tunnels? :-) > RED can kill GRE tunnels over the net. Depends on the protocol they > carry. If it is all TCP, you see a lot of slowstart. Of course if their > path is free of conges

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Ray Van Dolson wrote: > How about lots of GRE tunnels? :-) RED can kill GRE tunnels over the net. Depends on the protocol they carry. If it is all TCP, you see a lot of slowstart. Of course if their path is free of congestion, then no RED. Plus there is a lot of configuration for GRE, and most p

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Les Mikesell
Ray Van Dolson wrote: > How about lots of GRE tunnels? :-) I've done that with a few connections - mostly connecting to Cisco routers to pass multicast streams. I'm not sure how it would scale up in terms of the interface numbers and managing routes but it should work. -- Les Mikesell

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Ray Van Dolson
How about lots of GRE tunnels? :-) Ray ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Robert Moskowitz
John R Pierce wrote: > Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> The OP did not want security, only tunneling. >> > > use simple PPPoE perhaps? > PPPoE does not have good behaviour over the broader Internet. Works find for the last mile. > I still think I'd recommend Juniper SSLVPN appliance hard

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread John R Pierce
Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > The OP did not want security, only tunneling. use simple PPPoE perhaps? I still think I'd recommend Juniper SSLVPN appliance hardware however. one of their midsized boxes can easily handle 1000s of sessions at wire speeds up to 100baseT at the server side, and has

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Ray Van Dolson wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 03:42:08PM +, Karanbir Singh wrote: > >> Rainer Duffner wrote: >> 1500 clients is quite a lot, but not hard to handle from a single machine if you select a cpu capable of doing ssl quickly. eg a power6 machine with a few c

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 03:42:08PM +, Karanbir Singh wrote: > Rainer Duffner wrote: > >> 1500 clients is quite a lot, but not hard to handle from a single > >> machine if you select a cpu capable of doing ssl quickly. eg a power6 > >> machine with a few cores would handle that without any pro

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Karanbir Singh
Rainer Duffner wrote: >> 1500 clients is quite a lot, but not hard to handle from a single >> machine if you select a cpu capable of doing ssl quickly. eg a power6 >> machine with a few cores would handle that without any problems. > > And what is the suggested RRP of such a thing? > (If one may

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Robert Moskowitz
DISCLAIMER: I work for ICSAlabs, an Independent Division of Verizon Business Systems. We are the UL of security product testing. I co-chaired the IPsec work in the IETF back in the late '90s. I am the creator of the HIP protocol. I have lots of standards experience, lots of testing experience,

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Rainer Duffner
Karanbir Singh schrieb: > Dhaval Thakar wrote: > >> I prefer non-encryption vpn. >> If I use openvpn, it will require more processing power than poptop. >> I guess creating backup server might become difficult as it works on ssl >> cert. cert created on server1 might not work with server2. Wher

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Karanbir Singh
Dhaval Thakar wrote: > I prefer non-encryption vpn. > If I use openvpn, it will require more processing power than poptop. > I guess creating backup server might become difficult as it works on ssl > cert. cert created on server1 might not work with server2. Whereas in > poptop I need to copy sin

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Ian Forde
On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 16:02 +0530, Dhaval Thakar wrote: > I prefer non-encryption vpn. Uhh... without encryption, you take the "p" out of "vpn"... -I ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Dhaval Thakar
Matej Cepl wrote: > On 2008-12-17, 08:37 GMT, NiftyClusters T Mitchell wrote: > >> It is possible that dedicated Cisco hardware solutions will >> scale better. >> > > Your mileage may vary, but I have terrible experience with Linux > Cisco VPN clients, so I would strongly suggest OpenVP

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-19 Thread Matej Cepl
On 2008-12-17, 08:37 GMT, NiftyClusters T Mitchell wrote: > It is possible that dedicated Cisco hardware solutions will > scale better. Your mileage may vary, but I have terrible experience with Linux Cisco VPN clients, so I would strongly suggest OpenVPN. Of course, I don't know anything about

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-17 Thread Guy Boisvert
John R Pierce wrote: > NiftyClusters T Mitchell wrote >> It is possible that dedicated Cisco hardware solutions will scale >> better. At a minimum they can set a cost base line to validate the >> value of your Linux solution. >> >> Management of clients needs to be expanded. >> > > for large s

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-17 Thread John R Pierce
NiftyClusters T Mitchell wrote > It is possible that dedicated Cisco hardware solutions will scale > better. At a minimum they can set a cost base line to validate the > value of your Linux solution. > > Management of clients needs to be expanded. > for large scale VPN networks like that, I'd

Re: [CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-17 Thread NiftyClusters T Mitchell
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 7:20 AM, wrote: > Hi list, > > > I have to build vpn server for 1500 clients. No encryption necessary. > can anyone please recommend me vpn server. > > I do not have experience on vpn. > > I have tested openvpn on my test setup, & its working fine. > > I want to check if t

[CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

2008-12-14 Thread dhaval . thakar
Hi list, I have to build vpn server for 1500 clients. No encryption necessary. can anyone please recommend me vpn server. I do not have experience on vpn. I have tested openvpn on my test setup, & its working fine. I want to check if there any other vpn server available. I have not checked but