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I'm just dipping my big toe into VPNs and have read a couple of
things:
1. L2TP over IPSec is more secure than PPTP.
2. Using a Certificate is more secure than a Preshared Key.
Being cheap/broke, I'd rather not have to buy a certificate at this
point. So i ask: is it more secure to use L2TP only if a Certificate
is used? Or is L2TP more secure then PPTP even if a shared key is
used?
Also, what are the risks with using a shared key that aren't there
with certificates? Isn't a certificate basically a big ol' shared key
stored in a file somewhere?
Thanks!
Jeff
I'm just dipping my big toe into VPNs and have read a couple of
things:
1. L2TP over IPSec is more secure than PPTP.
2. Using a Certificate is more secure than a Preshared Key.
Being cheap/broke, I'd rather not have to buy a certificate at this
point. So i ask: is it more secure to use L2TP only if a Certificate
is used? Or is L2TP more secure then PPTP even if a shared key is
used?
Also, what are the risks with using a shared key that aren't there
with certificates? Isn't a certificate basically a big ol' shared key
stored in a file somewhere?
Thanks!
Jeff