[TriLUG] OpenVPN for Home

[Mark Fowle]

There's always SSL Explorer -- I've been using it for a while and it
works pretty good
(IMHO) -- It's pretty easy to setup as well.

Mark


On 10/11/06, Eric H Christensen <kf4otn at ericsatcom.net> wrote:
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> Stan,
> Just from my point of view a VPN will link ALL of your ports to the
> connected network so it will be just like being at your home network.
> Using SSH/PuTTY will only do a select number of ports and you have to
> setup more (IMHO).
>
> Eric
>
>
> stan briggs wrote:
> > all,
> >
> > i confess to not being overly-concerned about security. at least that's what
> > my security guys are always telling me. anyway, i've never used VPN software
> > to connect to home or office from off-site. i've always used ssh/putty and
> > the tunneling that they provide.
> > 1. is this just semantics and i really am using a VPN?
> > 2. anyone care to toss out pros and cons about using ssh/putty?
> >
> > thanks,
> > stan
> >
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf
> > Of Josh Vickery
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 4:45 PM
> > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OpenVPN for Home
> >
> > Its nice and easy to get through firewalls, requiring only a single UDP (TCP
> > is possible, but not recommended) port be exposed on the server side.  I've
> > been quite happy with it.
> >
> > Josh
> >
> > On 10/10/06, Alan Porter <porter at trilug.org> wrote:
> >>  > Is OpenVPN the best for setting up a VPN connection?
> >>
> >> Dunno.
> >>
> >>
> >>  > Is anyone using it to connect home for secure surfing  > and e-mail
> >> transfers?
> >>
> >> Yes.
> >>
> >>
> >> Alan
> >>
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