> Is there a way to use diald and ssh to protect the machine that is
> running diald's inet facilities from a breakin? Maybe use diald to
> establish an ssh tunnel, or something.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
There is a document
http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/VPN.html
That describes how to tunnel ppp through ssh. You could use diald
to establish the connection to an isp, then use the technique above
to establish a secure link. Diald would bring up the connection to
the ISP when you tried to make a SSH connection to the other end.
One thing to watch out for is that services (like telnetd, ftpd,) are
not available on the interface(s) that diald sets up, only on the interface
set up by the VPN procedure. (I think xinetd will do this)
There is also another vpn package called cipe
http://sites.inka.de/sites/bigred/devel/cipe.html
More options can be found at
http://linas.org/linux/
(Search for VPN).
Good luck. If you get it all to work, write it up. I'm sure other
people (including myself) would like to know how it went.
-- cary
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