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PPTP VPN on Sierra - any solutions?

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wakinghour

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Jul 16, 2012
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Ever since Apple dropped PPTP support, I can't connect to my company's VPN servers. A lot of PPTP supported VPN don't work well and are really buggy. For example, Shimo VPN connects but only 20% of things work.

I thought about buying Parallels 12 and then connecting through PPTP on Windows, but that seems like a hack. Does anyone know if this works or an easier solution?

Thanks.
 
Have you contacted the developer of Shimo? It is a very decent application and probably your best bet.

You should tell your employers to do something about it. PPTP has been dropped for a reason.
 
This. You should really inform your employer that they should be moving to a more secure connection. It doesn't solve your immediate problem, but will benefit you long term.

KALLT said:
PPTP has been dropped for a reason.
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KALLT said:
Have you contacted the developer of Shimo? It is a very decent application and probably your best bet.

You should tell your employers to do something about it. PPTP has been dropped for a reason.
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I reached out to them. Thanks. Not sure there are many options unless the company agrees to switch.
 
A free alternative to the Parallels/Windows method would be VirtualBox/Linux...but the workability of that depends on what you need to be able to do when connected.
 
wakinghour said:
Ever since Apple dropped PPTP support, I can't connect to my company's VPN servers. A lot of PPTP supported VPN don't work well and are really buggy. For example, Shimo VPN connects but only 20% of things work.

I thought about buying Parallels 12 and then connecting through PPTP on Windows, but that seems like a hack. Does anyone know if this works or an easier solution?

Thanks.
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PPTP is basically as secure as plaintext at this point (well not quite, but its pretty bloody bad. on one hand it requires someone to crack your password, which with PPTP is trivial. the flipside is that its probably the same password you use to access other stuff. so you may actually increase the chances of your password leaking to bad guys via use of PPTP).

If you're running PPTP you really need to migrate to something else, not just because apple dropped support for it, but because it has been known to be broken and insecure for a decade or more at this point.

As above L2TP over IPSEC is more secure.

If your work is running PPTP VPN servers, you may want to point your IT/security guys (if any, otherwise, management) at :

https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vp...is-not-secure-use-these-alternatives-instead/

and

https://advancedhomeserver.com/pptp-vpn-security-warning-and-more/

Pretty sure most implementations are running MSCHAP...

If they're running a VPN server with PPTP thinking that it provides any sort of security... that's a mistake.
 
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