"More Secure" needs to be better defined before you can use the term to differentiate the approaches.
I prefer SSH + tunnels because it is point-to-point and can be configured to not route, or forced to route in a very specific manner. I do use both SSH & OpenVPN. When I need to provide specific resource access to specific entities (usually people) then I go with SSH + tunnels. When I need to open one sub-net to work so co-workers may access my lab equipment I go with OpenVPN. My OpenVPN network has a traffic monitor on it that makes an audible "click" for every packet ... easy for me to know when someone is connected. Preventing/Mitigating attacks on the server is an exercise for both solutions - SSH: turn off passwords and use keys only. Hope that helps somewhat. On Fri, 2012-10-05 at 15:56 -0600, caziz wrote: > Hi All, > > I've been part of a debate where admins asserted that vpn is more secure > than ssh. I don't get it and haven't found any good refs from my Google > searches. > > Opinions? (Knowledgeable ones preferred). > > Thanks, > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
