Comment 39 for bug 124663

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Doug Schaapveld (djschaap) wrote :

Version7x, are you referring to the "Routes..." dialog under the IPv4 tab? It appears to be there on my Jaunty box (as of today, anyway).

All,
The behavior of sending only internal traffic through the VPN tunnel is commonly called "split tunneling". (Search on Wikipedia for more info.) While large enterprises may consider it a security risk, smaller companies with limited bandwidth tend to prefer using split tunneling (in my experience) to improve performance. Split tunneling is normally configured at the VPN concentrator (head end) rather than the client (though the client must understand and act upon the options passed by the concentrator).

In any event, I believe Jaunty can be configured (via NM GUI) to work properly in all of these situations. Bug 207506 has info on how to allow split tunneling in Jaunty (oddly, Jaunty disables split operation by default, unlike Intrepid, which simply respects the VPN concentrator's wishes).

(Disclaimer: This is based on my observations and a pre-release OS. Apologies if anything is wrong!)