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#239963 13-Aug-2018 12:40
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Im looking for recommendations on 3rd party software for a Mac, to allow a PPTP VPN connection.

 

 

 

Yes, I know its not secure etc etc, but thats not my department, so please dont start down that path :)

 

 

 

TIA

 

 




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  #2072642 13-Aug-2018 12:46
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It supports PPTP natively doesn't it?  Or was that deprecated in recent versions?

 

Used to be you could just go to System Prefs > Network > and click + to add a new connection, selecting VPN and then add the details.  



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  #2072646 13-Aug-2018 12:51
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It was removed a couple of versions ago.

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  #2072647 13-Aug-2018 12:54
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How about Tunnelblick?



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  #2072649 13-Aug-2018 13:10
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xpd:

 

Yes, I know its not secure etc etc, but thats not my department, so please dont start down that path :)

 

 

Have anyone told you yet PPTP is not secure?




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  #2072654 13-Aug-2018 13:29
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xpd:

 

Yes, I know its not secure etc etc, but thats not my department, so please dont start down that path :)

 

 

Have anyone told you yet PPTP is not secure?

 

 




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  #2072708 13-Aug-2018 15:10
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gehenna:

 

How about Tunnelblick?

 

 

Had a look, its built on OpenVPN which dosent support PPTP either.   "OpenVPN is not compatible with IPSec, IKE, PPTP, or L2TP."

 

Next.... :)

 

 




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  #2072741 13-Aug-2018 15:52
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I have a client using this for PPTP connections - its a paid product but there is a free trail to see if it works.

 

https://www.shimovpn.com/

 

 

 

 

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  #2073442 14-Aug-2018 17:54
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xpd:

 

Im looking for recommendations on 3rd party software for a Mac, to allow a PPTP VPN connection.

 

 

 

Yes, I know its not secure etc etc, but thats not my department, so please dont start down that path :)

 

 

 

TIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

My work has shifted to Fortinet Client for the Mac, they have locked the config so I can not tell if it is PPTP or some other proprietary VPN protocol.

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  #2073447 14-Aug-2018 18:12
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vpn tracker might work too.  it has been around forever  

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  #2073491 14-Aug-2018 20:25
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Fortinet is SSL or IPSec  - use that elsewhere ;)

 

 




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