Does nobody use the little pppd over ssh trick?  I like it.  No need for
anything other than standard linux tools.

Probably very limited compared to real vpn solutions, but it works great
if you just need a quick easy access to a network.

-Bill

On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 13:20 -0700, G Gambill wrote:
> Openvpn it is.
> 
> Eric, Craig, Thanks
> 
> >
> > From: "Eric \"Shubes\"" <plug@shubes.net>
> > Organization: Eric Shubert & Associates
> > Subject: Free VPN (was Re: To WEP or not to WEP (WiFi))
> >
> > G Gambill wrote:
> > >
> > > Is there a free VPN that likes MS and Linux?
> > >
> > For a simple VPN (if there is such a thing), I like CIPE
> > http://sites.inka.de/~bigred/devel/cipe.html
> > There is a windows version, limited to NT4.0 SP3-SP6 and Win2k. Not
> > (yet) available for Win9x or WinXP.
> > It is not a flexible as IPSec and cannot connect to IPSec tunnels, but
> > it gets the job done. You need to use it on both ends of the tunnel, and
> > it is capable of connecting two lans over the internet, or just locally.
> >
> > OpenVPN (http://openvpn.net) is very robust (more complicated), and runs
> > on Win2k/XP in addition to a slew of *nix variants.
> >
> > You might also take a look at Openswan at http://www.openswan.org
> > (formerly FreeS/WAN http://www.freeswan.org, no longer active). There
> > doesn't appear to be a windoze version of this, but it may (or may not)
> > work with another windoze IPSec implementation.
> > --
> > -Eric 'shubes'
> > "There is no such thing as the People;
> >   it is a collectivist myth.
> >   There are only individual citizens
> >   with individual wills
> >   and individual purposes."
> > -William E. Simon (1927-2000),
> >      Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977)
> >   "A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237
> >
> >
> >
> > --__--__--
> > --__--__--
> >
> > Subject: Re: Free VPN (was Re: To WEP or not to WEP (WiFi))
> > From: Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com>
> > Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 11:04:49 -0700
> >
> > On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 10:46 -0700, Eric "Shubes" wrote:
> > > G Gambill wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Is there a free VPN that likes MS and Linux?
> > > >
> > > For a simple VPN (if there is such a thing), I like CIPE
> > > http://sites.inka.de/~bigred/devel/cipe.html
> > > There is a windows version, limited to NT4.0 SP3-SP6 and Win2k. Not
> > > (yet) available for Win9x or WinXP.
> > > It is not a flexible as IPSec and cannot connect to IPSec tunnels, but
> > > it gets the job done. You need to use it on both ends of the
> > tunnel, and
> > > it is capable of connecting two lans over the internet, or just locally.
> > >
> > > OpenVPN (http://openvpn.net) is very robust (more complicated),
> > and runs
> > > on Win2k/XP in addition to a slew of *nix variants.
> > >
> > > You might also take a look at Openswan at http://www.openswan.org
> > > (formerly FreeS/WAN http://www.freeswan.org, no longer active). There
> > > doesn't appear to be a windoze version of this, but it may (or may not)
> > > work with another windoze IPSec implementation.
> > ----
> > openvpn is the one to use at the moment if you don't want to go to the
> > pain of setting up L2TP or the far less secure PPTP
> >
> > openvpn has client and server support for Macintosh, Windows and Linux
> >
> > cipe is relatively simple but not having WinXP is pointless and it's
> > been deprecated on Fedora/Red Hat so I have gone towards IPSEC and/or
> > openVPN
> >
> > Craig
> >
> 
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