I think it's more that L2TP/IPSEC, OpenVPN and SSTP are more secure protocols. Not to take away from PPTP as many use it. Especially given the device compatibility and performance. As you mention some is better than none. Especially when securing public connections.
I've having a problem setting up this VPN connection. I tried in windows, but it failed. So I setup a Ubuntu 10.10 vm. Tried in there and it failed. Here is the output from syslog:
Sep 22 18:16:54 ubuntu NetworkManager[668]: <info> Starting VPN service 'pptp'...
Sep 22 18:16:54 ubuntu NetworkManager[668]: <info> VPN service 'pptp' started (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp), PID 2338
Sep 22 18:16:54 ubuntu NetworkManager[668]: <info> VPN service 'pptp' appeared; activating connections
Sep 22 18:16:54 ubuntu NetworkManager[668]: <info> VPN plugin state changed: 3
Sep 22 18:16:54 ubuntu NetworkManager[668]: <info> VPN connection 'Usenetnow' (Connect) reply received.
Sep 22 18:16:54 ubuntu NetworkManager[668]: <warn> VPN connection 'Usenetnow' failed to connect: 'No VPN secrets!'.
Sep 22 18:16:54 ubuntu NetworkManager[668]: <warn> error disconnecting VPN: Could not process the request because no VPN connection was active.
Sep 22 18:16:54 ubuntu NetworkManager[668]: <info> Policy set 'Auto eth0' (eth0) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS.
Sep 22 18:17:00 ubuntu NetworkManager[668]: <info> VPN service 'pptp' disappeared
reply to swintec Gonna be trying new software this weekend. Current one wasnt playing nice as loads increased (as some of you saw). Will advise once we have that sorted. -- Usenet Block Accounts | Unlimited Accounts
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