[TriLUG] [Fwd: LUG: email, im and vpn in large companies]

[Pam Huntley]

Thanks for the response - what was the windows vpn client, where RSA+SSH 
was used?   I guess I'm looking as much for what the infrastructure is 
as what can be used under Linux for that infrastructure.

Thanks!

bp wrote:

> I can only speak of two the two big companies I've worked for:
>
>    Lotus Notes, Lotus Sametime, AT&T MTS Dialer
>    Eudora / POP3, Lotus Sametime, VPN Client / RSA-Authentication w/ 
> SSH for non-Windows
>
> So far, my exposure says that big corps don't *support* linux very 
> well but the internal mailing lists / newsgroups take care of you 
> Linux desires.
> Sametime has a Perl version and another platform independant 
> alternative to the Windows Client.  Not anywhere near as nice as gAIM 
> though....
>
> -bp
>
>
> Pam Huntley wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> What do most large companies use for email, IM, and vpn clients and 
>> infrastructure?  Particularly in mixed environments where both Linux 
>> and Windows are used.  What types of protocols do companies use?  
>> What are the linux clients that are used in mixed environments? (and 
>> I mean supported GUI clients here).  I'm sure there's lots of stuff 
>> I'm missing, so any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Here's what I've got so far (protocol:clients):
>> email:
>>    pop, imap: evolution, mozilla, netscape, kmail
>>    exchange:  evolution + ximian connector
>>    lotus notes (non-imap):  lotus notes under wine
>>    aol: ?
>>
>> IM:
>>    AIM: gaim, netscape, aol's client (old?)
>>    jabber: gaim, (not sure what the most popular jabber only clients 
>> are)
>>    icq: gaim
>>    msn: gaim
>>    yahoo: gaim, yahoo client
>>    sametime: sametime java client
>>
>> vpn:
>>    ipsec: freeswan (additional software required also?)
>>    cipe: cipe client
>>    ssh + ppp (is this really old?)
>>    ?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Pam 
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