[nflug] Topic for a meeting

vlok stone vlokstone at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 13 11:21:44 EST 2005


I use openvpn. They have many good tutorials. Not too
difficult to setup. They have clients for all OS's. 

--- JJ Neff <jjneff at yahoo.com> wrote:

> There is another possible topic (besides the MC
> one:-)
> 
> Many of us use Routers on our broadband or even
> dial-up conenction.  Most of us
> (or amny) probably allow very little or NO inbound
> connections to avoid getting
> our systems hijacked.  
> 
> If we could use VPN to connect to our private
> internal networks so that we can
> admin or make changes this would be much safer than
> just having an open
> connection.  Ways to setup VPN or make a hardened
> machine that while not crack
> proof is much more secure than just using VNC to
> connect to your machines
> desktop may make an interesting topic.  There seem
> to be a few folks here who
> are adept at it - can a few of you post links for
> how to setup a home vpn
> (using Linux or freebsd or whatever you use) and
> perhaps this could be a future
> topic ( I have to admit it is hard to leave the
> house when it is 2 DEGREES!
> outside but I know I have to learn how to setup VPN
> as well :-)
> 
> JJ
> 
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