On 9/24/05, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How much simpler is [SSH]?
Well, I have no knowledge at all about VPNs, so I don't know how easy
or simple they are. But SSH is *very* simple. Install it on your
comptuer (apt-get openssh?) and on the other computer. Make the ssh
server be running on the receiving computer ('/etc/init.d/sshd start'
on Gentoo). Then type 'ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED]' and it asks
you for the password and you're in.
Surely you've used ssh or telnet before?
If you only need the command line on the remote computer, SSH is most
likely simpler than setting up a virtual private network. If you need
to address the other computer as if it were connected to your router,
then a VPN is what you need. I'm guessing you are of the former,
SSH-is-sufficient, situation.
-todd
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