On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 15:26 +1200, Phill Coxon wrote: > On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 14:46 +1200, steve wrote: > > > Knowing nothing whatsoever about hostgator, is it possible to set up > > your own private vpn and use that instead??? > > Hmmm. It's unlikely given this I'm working with clients on shared > hostgator accounts with jailshell ssh rather than a dedicated server > where I have any sort of useful control. > > I haven't set up a vpn before but have been thinking about setting one > up so that I can access my office remotely via VPN when I'm out of > town. > > However... from what I read my DLink 504T ADSL modem pretty much sucks > for vpn use.. > > Any recommendations for a great vpn compatible ADSL modem? > > DSL 504T is fine. I've got a company with a satellite office on NI connected via OpenVPN / Samba, and keep stuff in sync over it. Both ends use these. I've given up getting decent ADSL kit, and just use consumer - level stuff, but with a spare ready configured for if/when the inevitable happens.
You will have to port forward traffic on UDP/1194 ( by default - I have also tried setting it up on TCP/22 to take advantage of ssh QOS but not much difference really ) to the openvpn server you set up, and that's about it. Push your routing from the server, and it all just works! My default setup for administering a web server ( when I can ) is to tunnel all traffic through a VPN, and have an emergency ssh port on the internet side, locked down to one user, and one ip address. Which is safe enough for most purposes ( and web devs can safely use their beloved ftp! ). Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[email protected]> http://www.greengecko.co.nz MSN: [email protected] GPG Fingerprint = B337 828D 03E1 4F11 CB90 853C C8AB AF04 EF68 52E0
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