[Openswan Users] Best linux for openswan?

[Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom]

On 03/16 10:53 , Brad Chang wrote:
> I am going to be implimenting a 30-50 vpn setup some net-to-net and some 
> roadwarrior setups.  I will be useing x.509 certs with linux and windows 
> clients.  Basically my choices are debian or suse.  I have used debian as a 
> single net-to-net vpn but never as 30-50 connections.  

then it's the same thing, just bigger. :)

> I need this to be super 
> stable and 100% (or super close to) uptime.  

Linux is Linux... the different distros just configure it in different ways.
Uptime is mostly a function of the hardware you get.

> if anyone has any input on the 
> distro to use I would greatly appreciate it. (I will be useing the 2.4.25 
> kernel) unless anyone has a better suggestion.

If you're familiar with Debian already; then stick with it. IMHO, Debian is
far easier to configure, update, and maintain than SuSE; but that gets into
the realm of distro wars, which is a bit OT here. :)

Carl Soderstrom.
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Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
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