
Notes from the Underground…
Windows 2000 Pre-Shared Key Support
Windows 2000 does not natively support using pre-shared keys for L2TP/IPSec
VPNs. Before you are able to set up and connect to an L2TP VPN from a Windows
2000 machine, you must first modify the system registry. Click Start | Run |
regedit and browse to the HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\
Rasman\Parameters key. Add a new value named ProhibitIpSec with a data
type REG_DWORD, set the value to 1, and the reboot the machine.
Suppose we want to use an L2TP VPN tunnel to let our Marketing manager,
Bob, access the network. Bob will be using his Windows XP laptop to access the
network. Since ...