>> Is there a better way? If not, is there an easy way to set up that >> VPN connection? I've always read that OpenVPN is a bear and I've been >> lucky enough to avoid needing it all this time. > > Bear, in what sense? Slow, hard?
Hard. It seems like a waste to become acquainted with OpenVPN for just this purpose. I've been using Gentoo on all of my systems for nearly 15 years and haven't needed it otherwise. > I've been using it for years and I love it. It's definitely easier to > set up than IPSec. All my DNS (and some other UDP stuff) goes over > OpenVPN. At times I even had a "ssh -D" SOCKS proxy on the other end, > so double encryption, with no slowdown to notice. > > Now if SoftLayer or the warty tools they provide want a particular kind > of VPN, that would be real problem. Potential rabbit hole. - Grant
