Hi, I have a always on ( except when I go to bed ) mac mini that serves as my home server (dns, svn, moin wiki, PostgresqlDB, iPhoto backup...).
I am thinking of adding a VPN so I can access stuff whilst on 3G/Wifi while away from home ( mainly my iPad/iPhone ). I am also thinking of getting one of the new Mac Air Books. I am running the latest Snow Leopard (not server ) on the mini. It is my understanding that all of the software for cranking up a VPN server comes with Snow Leopard. There is some software, iVPN, that is supposed to provide a simple GUI to do the configuration and it also supplies a LaunchAgent/Daemon file to control startup. Has anyone here used this software? ( I think is costs about $28.00 ) I have read that it is possible to do the setup via command line but do not have a clue of where to start. I have also read that the Airport Extreme Base Stations have bugs that prevent the use of use the PPTP protocol and that the L2TP protocol is the one to use. ( I use the dual band AEBS ). I must confess that punching a hole in the fire wall for a live connection a bit on the chilling side... The first router that I had was a (non-wifi) Linksys that had the very nice feature of broadcasting the ip address of *all* incoming connections. I wrote a daemon that logged all of the data and it was amazing how many people were knocking at my door... Any way, any hints or caveats about setting up a vpn will be appreciated. Jerry _______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
