On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 10:03 +1000, Michael Fox wrote: > I am about to hook up my WRT to a private nic on my linux box. Then > configure VPN server and disable WEP and WPA on WRT. So people will > think wow unsecure. But will get no further then my linux box nic, and > then i can use it and vpn authenticate and get onto the internal of my > network (otherside of firewalled linux box/nic).
I've done this for years and still think it's the best way to go. Open wireless, VPN required to do anything useful. Administratively neat and functional. -- "I can promise you that we will follow policies which will, over a period of time, bring down the foreign debt . . . our first priority in Government economically will be to tackle the current account deficit." --John Howard (Doorstop interview, Debt Truck Launch, 20 September 1995) The Truth: Foreign debt was $361 billion at the end of September 2003, an increase of 90 percent on the September 1995 level. The current account deficit was $11.9 billion at the end of September 2003, an increase of 112.5 per cent on the September 1995 level. --Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS@, Time Series Spreadsheets (Balance of Payments and Investment Position, Australia 5302.0, Reserve Bank of Australia (H) Bulletin, Current Account)) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
