L2TP server on Linux

[Nathan]

On Sun, 2008-03-09 at 23:13 -0600, Michael Torrie wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience setting up a vpn server on linux that
> can handle L2TP (or alternatively PPTP), as supported natively by OS X
> (and the ipod touch!)?  A casual search of Google reveals lots of
> scattered docs, but no "howto."  I've set up openvpn before, but this
> seems like a different beast. IPSec really.
> 
> In case anyone is interested, I'm really trying to get this going so I
> can, using a very convoluted process, use amarok over vnc to connect
> remotely (through the vpn) back to my ipod to add or remove music and
> video from it.  From the ipod.  While half-way around the world from my
> home machine.  Good thoughts anyway.  But if I can figure out this L2TP
> thing (or is PPTP better?), I'll be laughing.

I know poptop can be used to setup connections like this.  I have only
used it for the client side but IIRC it can do the server side too.  It
was an easy setup too.

Nathan
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