[X4U] OSX VPN vs. Cisco VPN

[Nick Scalise]

On Apr 12, 2005, at 12:50 PM, Kansas Territory wrote:

> On Apr 12, 2005, at 11:40 AM, Nick Scalise wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, April 12, 2005, at 11:04AM, Kansas Territory 
>> <kansast at mac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone have any new information on Tiger's VPN client software ?
>>> I know 10.3x  had a VPN client, but I was unable to use this. I had 
>>> to
>>> use Cisco's VPN client because Apple's version did not offer:
>>> IPSec over UDP ( NAT / PAT )
>>
>> It's not specifically mentioned on the Tiger features list 
>> <http://www.apple.com/macosx/newfeatures/newfeatures.html> so it's 
>> hard to say.
>>
>> Additionally, from Macintouch.com on April 6th:
>>
>> [Peter Sichel, Sustainable Softworks] I wanted offer a heads up on a 
>> comment you made about Tiger application compatibility. From my 
>> perspective, this does not paint a complete picture. Specifically, 
>> Mac OS X Tiger has changed the API for developing Network Kernel 
>> Extensions (NKEs), such that previous NKEs will not load on Tiger 
>> without being re-written to use the new stable KPIs (Kernel 
>> Programming Interfaces). Although the number of applications 
>> dependent on NKEs is small, the changes will require significant work 
>> from a small number of developers. Applications that involve low 
>> level networking like 3rd party VPN clients, network firewalls, or IP 
>> gateways could be affected.
>>
>> So, if it Tiger's VPN client does not work for you, you will probably 
>> also have to wait for Cisco to update theirs...
>
> yea.. I remember reading that..   and was worried about my Cisco VPN 
> client.   I sure how they get OSX's VPN client updated some.. I'd just 
> as soon use Apple's instead of some third party client.

 From the MacWindows.com site:

"Among the new cross-platform features Apple has announced for the 
client version: ...

VPN support for both PPTP and L2TP/IPSec. Apple says the VPN client "is 
compatible with most popular VPN servers, including those from Cisco 
and Microsoft."

--
Nick Scalise
nickscalise at mac.com