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[InfiniteTech]

Looking on to offer PPTP based VPN service (128bit crypto).

AIM: Something as simple as Relakks. Just enter username/password and click create.

Required:
- Which PPTP server to use? PopTop seems to be my option right now.
- But I think (and assume) this is a command line only app, running as a daemon, so I require a web based utility to manage the whole network. Any ready made software?
^^ If not, any one or any place I contact to have this custom made for me?

If you have any other tip or a trick, do let me know. Will be helpful

PS: We are going to use PPTP. No L2TP, IPSec or something else - avoid recommending that point, please.

[Riskable]

Why not just use pptpd in Linux? Can't get any cheaper and it is fairly reliable (not as reliable as OpenVPN but you aren't interested in anything but pptp )

[InfiniteTech]

Well, the setup is being pissing me off for the past few weeks. Too hard though

[HL-Justin]

PoPToP probably not a bad idea, if you need a custom panel you can definitely make a post regarding it in the Employment section

[funkywizard]

poptop hasn't been updated since 2006, and when I used it at that time the reliability was pretty horrible. It doesn't have support for basic networking functionality like out-of-order packets, and causes all sorts of problems.

OpenVPN is really your best solution, but takes a lot of work to get going in the kind of service you're looking to provide.