Ubuntu
network-manager-openvpn package

  1. Bug #1752417
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 1752417

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Apicultor (apicultor) wrote : Re: Out of the box, Ubuntu Bionic offers only insecure VPN option

@seth-arnold: This bug was filed against 18.04 prerelease. The only option provided to me by Bionic is PPTP, which is insecure and its use is dangerous.

- At the minimum, L2TP-over-IPsec, IKEv1, and IKEv2 should be supported by default without installation of any other packages. These are modern and robust technologies.

- PPTP should not be offered by default; if the user must use it, they should have to install an additional package (or, at the very least, be presented with a warning). The insecurity of PPTP has been known since 1998.

Further information justifying the complete removal of PPTP support from Ubuntu Bionic:

- https://www.schneier.com/academic/pptp/

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-Point_Tunneling_Protocol#Security

- https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2016/06/25/pptp-vpns-no-longer-supported-by-apples-built-in-vpn-client-on-macos-sierra-and-ios-10/

- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206844