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[Vishvananda Ishaya <vishvananda@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 22, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Hao Wang <hao.1.wang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> First, why we use openvpn? I know it's kind of arch question, like how to choose a right opensource software. On the other way, please let me know your point why we don't choose IPSEC or other VPNs.

It was somewhat arbitrary based on the fact that it is easy to setup on linux and there were clients on all platforms that did not require root access to install.


Vish