VPN is arguably the most secure way to access remote computers via the Internet or TCP/IP. PPTP Client is a “standards” based Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD client for the proprietary Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol, PPTP. As standard as you can get when you’re dealing with proprietary protocols.  PPTP Client allows connection to a PPTP based Virtual Private Network (VPN) on a Windows Based Computer.

You need to edit your source list file for this Open up a terminal and type the following command

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following line to the file, save the file and exit.

deb http://quozl.netrek.org/pptp/pptpconfig ./

Update the sourcelist

sudo apt-get update

Now to actually install pptpconfig type the following;

sudo apt-get install pptpconfig

You will need to restart gnome panel by typing in the following;

killall gnome-panel

If you want to open the application go to Applications—>Internet or you can use the command line to open the GUI;

gksudo pptpconfig

For an explanation of sudo and gksudo click here.

Tags | Networking, Security, Ubuntu