be careful when looking at the linksys vpn appliances. mine has pptp pass through which means vpn traffic will hit my server; however, i still would have to use a winders vpn server.
since i re-formatted the winders server and now have rh9, i reckon i'll stick with ssh... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Joseph Tate > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 11:04 AM > To: TriLUG Mailing List > Subject: [TriLUG] VPN suggestions > > > I've been asked several times by our VP of sales about > setting up a VPN > so that he can access files on our winders fileserver behind our > firewall. Short of opening up ports 137-139, or using the > Windows VPN > (Which may or may not be feasible since I don't control the > subnet), are > there simple ways to accomplish this? I have a RH 7.3 system nearby, > and we could probably purchase a VPN appliance. Does this > sound like a > job for WebDAV? Should I just setup ssh tunnelling for him? > > I'm attracted to the Linksys VPN devices because of their > advertised no > client software and no client fees, but wonder if they work > when already > behind a firewall. I can have ports opened for the device (if it has > its own IP) if necessary, but I'm not sure if I can open the > entire port > range for the device. Ideas? Suggestions? > > Joseph > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
