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Point-To-Point Tunnelling Protocol is an insecure, obsolete networking protocol which exposes a layer 2 tunnel. It uses a TCP connection for control communications and a GRE tunnel for the actual data. It was historically used to create VPNs.

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Load Balancing VPN servers (Ubuntu)

I am trying to load balance two VPN servers, that are located quite far from one another. I am using Ubuntu with pptpd, is there anyway to load balance those two servers? So user connects pptp to the load balancer then that routes it to one of the…
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How do I write a SRV record for PPTP?

Hosting a PPTP VPN server on a subdomain, how do I enable the service on the domain with a SRV DNS record? I've already tried: _pptp._tcp.domain.top. 86400 IN SRV 10 10 1723 sub.domain.top. though my DNS service provider interface errored it and…
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PPTP and windows 7 809 error

I want to connect from home to my router(linux mashine) at work. i have installed pptpd. i have added following fw rules: iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport -j ACCEPT iptables -I INPUT -p gre -j ACCEPT iptables -I FORWARD -p tcp --dport 1723 -j…
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PPTP not working

I keep getting this error when attempting to log on to my new VPN server.. Sep 6 14:05:19 378465 pptpd[8171]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE) Sep 6 14:05:19 378465 pppd[8172]: Couldn't open the /dev/ppp device: Permission…
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Ubuntu PPTP VPN to Microsoft Server Command Line ONLY

I try to setup a VPN Connection from a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to Microsoft VPN Server (Ubuntu is the Client in this Case), but I only get this error message: .. connection failed! Check the log messages below for information why. Couldn't open the…
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Access My Server From External Net IP While Server is Using PPTP

I have one physical Ubuntu server where I'm using PPTP with HMA for tormenting (using Deluge) and hosting the Deluge Web-UI, Ajenti and Ajaxplorer. While PPTP is engaged I can access my three web-UIs just fine through my local 192.168.1.0/24…
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When tunnelling through a VPN, block or redirect certain domains

I'd like to block or redirect certain domains for anyone using my VPN tunnel (pptp). I thought simply editing the hosts file would achieve this, but I guess not. Is there another way? The VPN is set up on a DigitalOcean VPS. EDIT: I assume the down…
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PPTP IPTables routing issue

PPTP connects just fine to the radius server PPTP modules are loaded into the kernel PPTP connects fine to the pptp service Question: How do I get the PPTP to connect to the internet? IPTables: #!/bin/sh #openvpn iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s…
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Create a pptp tunnel through a exisiting domain

I want to create a tunnel (preferably pptp) via a website that I created I am renting a domain from an ISP with a linux os, is it possible to create it?
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changeing pptp client default port

I have a pptpd server running on debian. It does not use the default port of 1723 (for some reason), and some pptp client on ubuntu and suse linux. How can I connect to my pptp server?
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