Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a number of services running on my LAN at home that are only > accessible to internal users. I'd like to have some way to make my > laptop be an "internal user" when I'm not at home.
You probably want some sort of VPN for this. I use PPP over SSH, using vpnstarter[1]. I treat 192.168.* as internal... 192.168.1.* are the real home network, 192.168.2.* are the PPPoSSH stuff. PPP over SSH gets a bad rap[2] but in my practical use of it for about 3 years, has proven to be stable and very useful. It's a lot easier to set up than IPSec, which is a much better general solution, but has problems with NAT and firewalls which don't support it or allow it through. Important note: Make sure that ANY vpning to home from work is approved by your network administrator! So, take a look at VPNs for Linux. There are a bunch out there (ipsec, cipe, and a couple others, I think...) so things may have changed since I last evaluated them. Footnotes: [1] http://www.detached.net/vpnstarter/ [2] http://sites.inka.de/sites/bigred/devel/tcp-tcp.html -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - I am the rocks. Looking for a developer in St. Louis? http://web.springies.com/~ats/ The less our government gives us, the more it charges us. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
