RE: PGPNet Upgrade path ?

["Gary E. Miller" <gem () rellim com>]

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Yo Aditya!

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Aditya Deshmukh wrote:

> > > What alternatives are there to pgpnet ?
> >
> > Have a look at OpenVPN.
>
> Thanks Martijn, but isn`t that a SSL vpn ? And from what I
> have read about PGPnet I need a IPSEC VPN that uses
> PGP keys to do the auth.

IPSEC has nothing to do with PGP.  Also there is really no such thing
as a PGP key.  PGP uses what ever key scheme you ask it to use.  IPSEC
is the same way.  Both use keys, but are not themselves key standards.

OpenVPN similarly can use what ever key scheme you wish.  Since it is
based on the OpenSSL crupto libs it is very flexible that way.  For
simple setups you can use pre-shared keys.  For more complex setups
you can use public/private key pairs of any type that OpenSSL understands.

On top of that you can layer on other aith schemes like username/passwords
and such.

IMHO, if OpenVPN does not do what you want then you misunderstand the
problem.


RGDS
GARY
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