VPN connection question

[Patton Echols]

On 09/27/2007 08:50 AM, NoOp wrote:
> On 09/26/2007 03:39 PM, Patton Echols wrote:
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>> On 09/26/2007 10:42 AM, NoOp wrote:
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>>> On 09/25/2007 10:08 PM, Patton Echols wrote:
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>>>> On 09/25/2007 09:34 PM, Gary Jarrel wrote:
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>>>>         
>>>>> To be honest, I do not use the Network Manager for VPN connections. So
>>>>> if it's noty vital for you and you can get away with using PPTP then I
>>>>> would recommend pptpconfig.
>>>>>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> Well, I'd rather continue using NM.  Unless I can use NM to set up the 
>>>> wireless connection and some other method to create the tunnel.  If so, 
>>>> I saw an article on the openswan website that makes an IPSec connection 
>>>> look possible.
>>>>         
>
> I had to remove openswan this morning... I found that it was spiking my
> CPU to 100% at regular intervals. kvpnc & racoon seem to be behaving well.
>
>
>   
Ok, sounds like I should give it a try.  Any configuration tips you want 
to share?

By the way. the Synaptic package manager says that the packages can't be 
authenticated. (both kvpnc and racoon) Did you have that issue?