I’ve recently been tasked on implementing a linux vpn client for our IPSEC/L2TP based vpn. This task would have been extremely difficult if not for the efforts of Jacco de Leeuw (for his “Using Linux as an L2TP/IPsec VPN client” documentation) and Scott Myron et al. from Indiana University (“Linux L2TP over IPsec VPN Script for IU”).

A Brief Historical Background (Or, Why Linux?)

My father is a computer engineer, so I grew up around several different predominately PC-based computers and have witnessed every stage in the development of Windows. We had a few different Macs sitting around the house as well, which were neat because they were different and easy to use, but all the cool games could only be played on the PCs. I have a vague memory of seeing a weird computer in my father’s office that started up with “OK” written in green on every line, but couldn’t make it work at the time ;-)

Che ne dite se fosse questo il tema ufficiale della nuova release di Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron prevista per Aprile 2008?

A me piace molto, certo il marrone non e’ il massimo ma per il resto e’ un gran bel cambiamento. Tutte le informazioni e come dare una mano potete trovarle nel wiki ufficiale di Ubuntu.