Re: VPN solutions for Linux?

From: David Efflandt (efflandt_at_xnet.com)
Date: 10/05/03 

Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 05:17:37 +0000 (UTC)

On 4 Oct 2003, Enrique Ariz?n Benito <e_arizon_benito@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to connect Windows/Linux clients to a Linux server using
> any type of VPN available.
>
> Right now I have probed CIPE, but Windows clients look buggy.
> I have also tested with poptop (pptp) but it looks far difficult to
> install.
>
> Does anyone knows another easy to deploy and fully functional VPN for
> Linux(server)<->Windows/Linux(clients)?

It really depends upon what you want to do. For shell access, and/or to
tunnel specific tcp ports, ssh alone works well and does not need root
access on the other end. I routinely use Putty (Win ssh client) to
connect to home, or my Solaris ISP from work. And I have tunneled ports
from my Linux router to our factory Linux smtp server to access an HP3000
on our factory LAN from Reflection on a Win98 box on my home LAN.

I have also accessed JetDirect on our local office printer via ssh tunnel
to California factory and back through VPN to our Illinois office. I just
haven't figured out yet how to tunnel actual printing.

Our company uses SonicWall hardware VPN to interconnect international
factories, warehouses and offices as one big WAN, but I have not tried to
tap into that yet from outside, since ssh to our factory smtp server does
everything I need to do, or in a pinch, dialup ppp to modems on a Cisco
router at our office (which is the only internet access my boss has). 

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