If you're doing that, I recommend looking at OpenVPN.  Compared to  
something like FreeS/WAN its a freaking cake walk to setup.  It still  
takes time + effort + reading, but its not THAT bad.  And it works on  
windows, mac, and linux.

On Jan 30, 2008, at 9:22 PM, Darrin Chandler wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 04:18:07AM +0000, Michael Havens wrote:
>> Is therte an easy way to get the linux box and the windows box to  
>> see each
>> other.... to share stuff with each other?
>
> Ummm... the subject says vpn, but you don't have much info in your
> message about vpn.
>
> If you put Samba on your Linux box you can do share and stuff and the
> Windows box should see it.
>
> You should not need a vpn unless you are connecting the two machines
> through an untrusted network (over the internet, over poorly secured
> wireless, etc).
>
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