On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 02:09:20PM +1100, Michael Kedzierski wrote: > On 12/17/06, Sonia Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >* On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 01:51:43PM +1100, Michael Kedzierski wrote: > >> On 12/17/06, Sonia Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >* On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 03:54:06PM +1100, Craige McWhirter wrote: > >> >> Have you considered using OpenVPN? > >> > > >> >My understanding is that OpenVPN doesn't allow you to get a console on > >> >the remote machine (which I'd want for installing stuff). > >> > >> It's a VPN, which stands for Virtual Private Network. It places you > >> both on a network, like as if you were on the same LAN. So then you > >> could just SSH directly in, or do whatever. > > > >OK, that makes sense. Because of the double encryption (vpn + ssh), > >would speed/responsiveness be a problem? If so, I seem to remember > >there's an option in OpenVPN to force UDP. Or of course I could use > >telnet, and limit it using tcpwrappers to just the vpn ips. > > I'm pretty sure it uses UDP by default, using TCP for VPNs is a bad > idea. It might be a little slower, but to be honest, I haven't > noticed.
I regularly use openvpn from window through a http proxy (one of the nice features of openvpn) to a linux box. mainly for ssh into that box and doing stuff. On occasions I have had to start xterm/rxvt and Xwindows isn't the best across that link. But terminal stuff is fine even vnc works fine. > > Of course, using SSH is probably a far simpler way of doing this, but > having an "always-on" VPN can be handy. You can also then run Samba > filesharing across it, which is handy for transferring files. > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html >
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