Which is better PPTP or L2PT

From: PC (paulm)
Date: 11/05/04 

Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:34:49 -0000

Hi,

I have a Win2k Server configured as a VPN server using PPTP and all is
working well. From what I understand PPTP is not as secure as L2TP and I was
thinking of reconfiguring the RRAS server and allowing only L2TP connections
for my remote clients.

Is it true that PPTP is not as secure - i.e. what would be the arguements
for converting to L2TP?

Thanks in advance

..pc

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