Yellowdog as desktop OS? (Java and VPN needed)

[Stephen Hocking]

> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm considering switching to yellowdog as my desktop OS from OS X.  There
> are two main things that could stop me from doing this, one is JDK support
> and the other is VPN support.
> 
> I found the thread about IBM's 1.4.1 JDK being hackable to work on
> yellowdog, but I'm concerned about forcing the  604 class code to be used
> when I running a G4.  What are the implications of doing this?  I take it
> that the 1.3.1 JDK does not have the same processor limitation?
> 
>  I found some older threads about IPSec support, but nothing recent.  What
> type of client side VPN solutions are available for yellowdog?
> 

I use vtun myself, which can be found on sourceforge. There's also OpenVPN, 
which also can be found on sourceforge. There is a theoretical attack written 
up in a peper somewhere for vtun, but nobody's seen anything in the wild as 
yet, and apparently it's fairly difficult to do. I'd advise going with 
OpenVPN, just in case, and will myself once I get the configuration set up.


	Stephen
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