RE: [WinMac] VPN client for Mac -- suggestions?

Greg Hammond(gregh[at]trinetgroup.com)
Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:24:06 -0700

Chuck:

I am also the lone Mac user in an organization of nearly 200 folks.

My experience w/ NTS is uniformly POSITIVE. I bought a single user version
4.x of the Mac TunnelBuilder in March; their web commerce setup was
extremely easy. 40-bit encryption was insufficient to hook up w/ our
company's MS VPN. So, as soon as the 5.x version w/ 128-bit encryption was
available, they let me have it, and it worked flawlessly from Day One.

Recently, someone knocked my G3 PowerBook/300/8.6 off a table, and it
crashed my hard drive. After getting that resolved, I e-mailed NTS about my
dilemma, and they promptly supplied me with the latest version of
TunnelBuilder.

In fact, you can demo version 5.06 for 14 days just by downloading it from
their site.

Are you in need of greater-than-128-bit encryption? If so, I have no
recommendation.

> ----------
> From: Chuck Podaras
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> Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 15:02
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> Subject: [WinMac] VPN client for Mac -- suggestions?
>
> Hi all, looking for input as to your experiences with *currently
> commercially available* VPN client SW for Mac. I am the lone Mac
> user in a growing organization which has an NT network behind an
> Apexx Technology Team Internet box. I need a VPN client supporting
> PPTP; primary access method is dialup thru international points of
> presence via ibm.net. I anticipate also soon needing access via
> ethernet-connected ADSL from multiple locations.
>
> My current platform is PB1400 w/ G3 upgrade running OS 7.6.1,
> upgrading to a new G3 or eBook on OS 8+ in the next months...
>
> I am aware of NTS TunnelBuilder, however their continued support for
> Mac users in small user situations may be a ? and only "weak"
> encryption (rules the product out for my needs) is available unless
> you buy a 50-pak....
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chuck
> podaras@morphics.com
>
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