Has anyone ever set up Amanda to work through a VPN as an alternative to working correctly through a firewall? I'm not sure a VPN is even the right tool to use.
I'm so frustrated with our networking group, which implements a single change in the firewall, then requires that we wait until the next morning to make a second trial if the first one doesn't work. I believe that no one really thorough understands the firewall software, an Elron CommandView firewall, which seems to be out of production. The last mention I can find of it through Google dates to 1999. Links to their website redirect to zixcorp.com. Consequently, I'm exploring other options to get Amanda to work through or around this firewall. The first I thought of was a VPN. However, I only know what I've read about VPNs; I've never set one up or worked with it. Would a VPN work? Is it the right tool to use, short of getting the firewall to work properly in the first place? Any recommendation on specific VPN solutions to use? Anyone done this before? I tried searching on 'vpn' in this list's archives, but didn't turn up anything. Thanks for all your help and suggestions. -Kevin Zembower ----- E. Kevin Zembower Internet Systems Group manager Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communications Programs 111 Market Place, Suite 310 Baltimore, MD 21202 410-659-6139
