Quote Originally Posted by garyng
out of curiosity, why cipe or tinc rather than FreeS/Wan which seems to have better interoperability ?
Habbit. FreeS/Wan used to be a bitch to configure when all you want is a trivial vpn. Haven't tried it recently but I heard its easier now.

FreeS/Wan didn't work as a module and required a kernel patch while cipe was a module.

Tinc was even easier to get used to, since it didn't do any kernel stuff. It uses /dev/tap0 (or tun0 on Solaris) and runs in usermode.

How much time does it take you to set up a trivial vpn using FreeS/Wan nowadays ?
With tinc, it takes about two minutes once you're used to it.