First responding to the OP: I know a few people who pretty much swear by the VPN software in Smoothwall (I know it isn't Debian, but there is free version). There are also several in my Linux User Group who would swear by Untangle. Many of the open source firewall solutions I have seen recently have VPN software included. I am probably willing to bet that they all use OpenVPN in the background but they should all have fairly easy-to-use guides to get you started. If you already have a firewall solution, look into it. Most of the corporate ones I have seen have add-ons for VPN if they don't already have it included. Depending on your needs, you may want to look at the various options (a good firewall is always a plus for a business anyway if you don't have one).
For future reference, whenever I make a request asking for advice on packages I include blurbs like 'I did a Google search and found these. Am I looking in the right place?' It will help move things along from the annoying RTFM!'s and onto a useful conversation. If you didn't do a Google search, do so next time. > From: Nuno Magalhães [mailto:nunomagalh...@eu.ipp.pt] > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 8:34 AM > Subject: Re: [OT] improving the mailing lists WAS: Re: Debian VPN > > >> Searching 'debian vpn' (the subject of OP's mail) is just about as > good. > >> Maybe it'd save some time, if the mailing software sent a google search > >> link for the subject matter of all primary posts ;-) > >> > >> ... or at least for those that generate more than say 1,000,000 hits > [1]. > > Or maybe people oughta search the web before posting to the list... > Using a mailling-list as your first approach seems rather lazy and > selfish. > > Nuno Magalhães Or maybe he saw the +1,000,000 hits and not yet knowing a lot about the subject at hand OP was looking for guidance on a package to get started on. Surely no one on this list ever does that, right? Maybe I just read the Ops post differently. Maybe I am reading the posts here wrong. I understand that sarcasm/jokes/tone-of-conversation doesn't always translate over text/email but I don't see the point in a snarky response to OP. The first thing I do when looking for software is use apt-cache. Just a habit I have. I am currently using Lenny and OpenVPN isn't even in the list (though it does exist if searched for by name). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ apt-cache search vpn server ike - Shrew Soft VPN client - Daemon and libraries ike-qtgui - Shrew Soft VPN client - Connection manager ike-scan - discover and fingerprint IKE hosts (IPsec VPN Servers) network-manager-openvpn - network management framework (OpenVPN plugin core) network-manager-openvpn-gnome - network management framework (OpenVPN plugin GNOME GUI) network-manager-pptp - network management framework (PPTP plugin) network-manager-vpnc - network management framework (VPNC plugin core) network-manager-vpnc-gnome - network management framework (VPNC plugin GNOME GUI) pptpd - PoPToP Point to Point Tunneling Server proxychains - proxy chains - redirect connections through proxy servers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Again it IS there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ apt-cache search openvpn kvpnc - vpn clients frontend for KDE network-manager-openvpn - network management framework (OpenVPN plugin core) network-manager-openvpn-gnome - network management framework (OpenVPN plugin GNOME GUI) openvpn - virtual private network daemon openvpn-blacklist - list of blacklisted OpenVPN RSA shared keys ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So what about just searching for vpn? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ apt-cache search vpn | wc -l 27 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Twenty-seven packages listed of which most are clients or software not related to a VPN server. Don't get me wrong. There are plenty of times when "RTFM!" and "Google MotherF! Do you use it?" are appropriate responses (like the question on the Ubuntu forums asking how to use the 'ls' command...that post was pretty much asking for it). I just don't see the point in the less-then-helpful comments in this case. ~Stack~ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
