Jim
Jim Ford wrote:
Erich Titl wrote:
Jim
Jim Ford schrieb:
I use a Ubuntu Linux machine where I work (at a school). At home I
use an XP machine (because of Photoshop!) behind a Bering Leaf uClibc
box.
I'd like to access my home machine from work and from what I can
deduce, Openvpn seems the way to go.
What exactly is your problem? There may be a package or Version issue.
Thanks for the reply, Erich.
I guess the major problem I have is understanding the 'nitty gritty' of
VPNs! I've looked for a beginners guide explaining the basics, but not
found one so far.
Nevertheless, you should not normally use your router for your CA, but
rather something which is not connected to the net at all. I always
suggest to use RoCA which boots from a CD and uses a memory stick for
CA storage, but there are other programs around. Most use one or the
other form of openssl for certificate creation.
Hmm, I understand very little of the above!
8^(
1) dont use your Bering Box to generate the certificates unless you know
exactly what you do (e.g. stow away the CA and everything)
2) Use an external instance, like the RoCA to generate the certificates,
it is much easier. All you have to do is to download, for example, RoCA
and use a USB stick as CA storage.
You did not mention if you want to use your PC as the VPN endpoint or
your bering box to do a net-to-net VPN. You did not mention neither if
there are other VPN users. What topology do you want to deploy?
I want to use the PC as the endpoint. There are no other VPN users..
Personally, and from reading other users experience with OpenVPN server
on Windoze, I would suggest to use your Bering router as the VPN server
endpoint and your school PC as the client. This is a pretty basic set up
and well documented on the OpenVPN site.
cheers
Erich
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