From: John Cuccia 

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 21:21:59 -0700, "Rich"  wrote:

>   RRAS is not insecure.  You can select the allowed security and
authentication on the server.  You can mandate smart cards if you wish.

I didn't say it was insecure, I said that, in the configuration I
mentioned, whereby the user logs on with domain credentials only, it is
probably the least secure VPN method.

>   Logon scripts don't run because this isn't logging on.  You can use the
connection manager to set scripts to run on connect and disconnect.

Thanks.


>
>Rich
>
>  "John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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>  On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:27:45 -0400, Richard B. 
>  wrote:
>
>  >On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:29:50 -0500, John Cuccia 
>  >wrote:
>  >
>  >>Marathon uses some sort of Nortel boxes and SecureID tokens.
>  >
>  >Any experience using RRAS?
>
>  Using it, yes.  Configuring it, unfortunately not, although I will be
>  attempting an implementation in the next two or three weeks, for a new
>  client.  (I'm not really a computer guy, I just play one to make
>  money).
>
>  >I'd like to find/do something that isn't horribly complicated to setup
>  >and secure but I have to assume my users will find trouble getting
>  >from there to here.
>
>  RRAS is probably as simple as it gets from the users perspective,
>  which also probably means it is the least secure VPN method.   All
>  users need to do to connect is double click the icon you create for
>  them in "Network Connections" and then enter their normal login
>  credentials.   I don't think logon scripts run over RRAS VPN
>  connections, however, so you may need to create a batch file that does
>  users "Net use" to map driver letters to network shares and put a
>  shortcut to it on their desktops.
>
>  Actually, I have the makings of a VBScript that asks for logon
>  credentials, connects using an existing VPN connection object, and
>  then attempts to map drives and printers.  I'll send it to you when
>  you're ready.  Be warned, thought, that while it works for me, various
>  users seem to have trouble with it.  Don't know if it is the
>  troublemak,...er, users or the script at this time.

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