Bob Hynes wrote: > Hello, does anyone have a recommendation as far as a good VPN client > goes? My plan is to use a VPN to connect to work, then a Windows-like > remote desktop client to do a remote control. > > I do this with XP already, just curious if anyone has done this with > Debian.
Not knowing a lot about your particular setup or vpn requirements... We did this with openvpn which is a debian package. We installed openvpn on the "other end point" lets say the work endpoint. That could be on a windows or linux or bsd box. Then on the roaming laptop we installed openvpn. We setup ssl certificates and then installed something like tightvnc on both and the vnc traversed the locked down/secure tunnel. This has a lot of other advantages that can take you to new places but for remote administration, we found nothing better yet for a whole group of small business clients we work with here and there. Once the vpn software is placed in both places, you can remotely administer things like printers, reach other systems, and also do a lot of routine administration. The dependency is to have openvpn installed and configured correctly on both ends. That being said, openvpn is probably the easiest to use vpn solution I have found yet. At its simplest, using pre-shared static keys is a breeze and there are clients/servers for all the platforms including on windows from 2000 on up. -- Michael Perry | Do or do not. There is no try --Master Yoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lnxpowered.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
