Just a suggestion: install free s-wan (ipsec) in the computers in your network, which will take care of securing the underlying IP connection, and then run whatever you want on top of it. IPSec is a bit intensive on CPU, but, if correctly implemented, is definitely secure. I remember somebody is working on debian packages for freeswan, but as yet I simply install them from sources (freely available) and it works great. It's sort of an H-bomb to kill an ant, in your case, but it works.
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