RE: [Sheflug] Eek : VPN

["Morris, David (Allvac, UK)" <david [at] xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> [mailto:shef-lug-admin [at] list.sheflug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Alan Pope
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 3:47 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Sheflug] Eek : VPN
> 
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:30:57 +0100, Chris Johnson 
> <chris [at] seseaz.org.uk> wrote:
> > Anyone got any suggestions as to where to start to learn 
> about how to 
> > link my LAN at home to my lan at work through VPNs over the 
> internet?  
> > I've found a few websites to look at but wondered if the 
> rest of you 
> > had any favourites that are good for starters.  A lot of the sites 
> > seem concerned that you should have windows XP client and 
> windows 2003 
> > server host but I don't want it to be limited to this.  Ideally I'd 
> > like both LANs to be linked rather than 1 PC on each LAN.  
> Can anyone see any issues with this proposal?
> > 
> > 
> 
> OpenVPN is what you want. Can be Windows (2000 or above) or 
> Linux either end.

I can also report (having done it for over a year now) that the
FreeS/Wan with IPCop works a treat into a Cisco 3015 concentrator for
LAN to LAN. The only potential problem with FreeS/WAN is I believe
(BICBR) that support has been discontinued?

My home is attached over a 512k ADSL to work with 3DES encryption. I run
SMB, telnet, loads of other stuff and plus my Philips IP phone so I have
an extension on the company PBX.

How about getting a couple of scrap PCs and doing IPCop -> IPCop?
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