Re: PPP VPN solution over ssh tunnel?

From: Chris (ceo_at_nospan.on.net)
Date: 03/12/04 

Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 19:50:56 GMT

Dave Carrigan wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>
>
>>I've seen some messages here which lead me to believe this is possible,
>>but no explanation for how it's done...
>>
>>I run an ssh tunnel home from work all day long. (How many network
>>dawgs DON'T???) Works great. I could run a traditional VPN connection
>>home, but the free VPN that comes with Windoze only sees one network or
>>the other (either the one at work, or the one at home).
>>
>>So I thought I'd just create a virtual PPP connection home through my
>>existing tunnel. Window (as stupid as it is) would just think it's a
>>PPP connection (well, it would be), and treat it as such. So I'd be
>>PPP/VPN'd into the house, and still connected at work.
>
>
> You probably don't want to do ppp over ssh. It can be done, but you can get
> some weird latency and throughput issues.

So I was able to determine. VPN using PPP over SSH is definitely out as
an option.

> You might want to look into
> openvpn instead. I believe it has a windows client, although I don't know
> how well it works. For linux-linux vpns, I really like openvpn.
>

I ran across OpenVPN today as a possible SSH/VPN solution.

Turns out there's not a whole lot out there on this sort of thing (SSH
VPNing in this way) I think mainly because it's not a common scenario
(to have ssh out, but no VPN ports open.)

-ceo

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Allowing multiple users to connect to multiple desktops
    ... The downside with the XP PPTP VPN server is that you can only have one ... In the case of SSH you only need TCP Port 22 open. ... Just create the connection like the second ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely)
  • Re: VPN Remote Access
    ... XP will only accept one incoming VPN connection at a time, ... upgrade to Windows 2003 server or upgrade to Small Business Server or going ... the OpenVPN route. ... As far as addressing is concerned you can either upgrade your DSL connection ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)
  • Re: security question regarding opening up ports
    ... If you can't ping the RDC host through the VPN tunnel then you ... Add new connection ... If you can't get a VPN to work then look at SSH. ... automatically connect to one RDC host PC when the SSH tunnel is established. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely)
  • Re: Encrypted VPN software?
    ... If that IP is being leaked out the other end it's not a VPN ... more secure than SSH. ... client end of the connection. ... > A SSH-tunnel, if it breaks, will stop the connection, no harm done. ...
    (alt.privacy)
  • Re: Alternatives for port forwarding
    ... | Are you familiar with VPN capabilities? ... | goals than anything based on SSH. ... it is creating a tunnel device. ... over a connection to a process within that server (but that central ...
    (comp.security.ssh)