On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 13:24, Ben de Luca wrote: > I am interested in setting up a linux based vpn for access into my home > windows/osx network. Can some one recommend what might be good server > software for working with windows 2000/xp and with os as client. And > linux as a server.
As mentioned by others OpenVPN is an excellent option. I have spent a lot of time getting FreeS/WAN to work and OpenVPN took a fraction of the effort (mostly, rearranging things in my own brain!). The other excellent thing about it is that it will work straight through NAT (outbound) without any dramas so a dream to use from the inside of most ADSL modem/routers. For inbound access you will need to do port forwarding or something similar depending on your setup. The current stable version (1.6) requires a separate daemon for EVERY tunnel so not particulalry scalable but more than adequate for home use. Version 2 is a forking daemon that will really be scalable but still in beta. Good luck. P.S. I did install the Windows client which was quite easy but haven't used it much. Haven't tried the Mac OSX version. -- Simon Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wongy.org -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
