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Blaisorblade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 16 May 2006 23:39, Jason Lunz wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> > Even in the other solution (PPP over SSH), or in whichever one you can >> > think of (I would use normal Ethernet subnets, but have many different >> > ones, each one with only two hosts on it), you get to use an UML as >> > router... >> >> Another nice tool for playing with these things is openvpn. It's a very >> flexible yet simple (if you want it to be) tunnelling tool. If you >> simply want to experiment with different routing setups and network >> topologies, openvpn will let you connect arbitrary tap devices (in the >> guest) to other machines, real or uml. > > About VPNs: latest release of openssh (4.3_p2) allows VPN creation over the > SSH protocol; I couldn't test it since I had it only on the host machine and > tunneling with the same host on both endpoints (what I tried) doesn't work - > I went to bed before deciding to install it in UML and play with it and > forgot; and I must say it was fairly easy to setup. > > 2 pitfalls. > * the syntax for pointopoint interfaces is slightly diffenent in Linux than > the one that man ssh suggests (it's using OpenBSD syntax I guess) > > * you must login as root for initial testing, otherwise after ssh logins it > can't do the needed network setup. > That can be lifted as explained in the man page with authorized_keys (you > allow selected users to login as root just to run some commands, i.e. the VPN > creation one); but for testing root login gives you almost 0-setup > VPNs. Cheers for this, I missed it in the release notes. openssh rocks. Nic ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
