I was also going to suggest OpenVPN, and what about a SmoothWall box as a firewall? Smoothwall is also on the December 2007 issue of LXF (was out in November).
Never used Smoothwall but it looks pretty cool from the article. if that helps. Open VPN is so easy to use, even I can use it, so it must be easy!! Never used Open VPN on a Linux machine yet though... On 20/11/2007, Malcolm Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, November 20, 2007 11:04 am, Phil Thompson wrote: > > > Being keen to avoid spending more money than necessary I've been asked > > about Open Source solutions or low cost hardware that could provide :- > > > > Firewall to keep the baddies out. > > VPN termination to replace current insecure remote access by remote PCs > > Routing to servers using /29 external IPs > > > > opinions / experiences / suggestions welcome ! > > For ease of setup and rock-solid performance and reliability, I would go > for IPCop firewall and OpenVPN. Also, they are both well documented (the > OpenVPN HOWTO being very easy to follow). > > Malc > -- > Web Development, Technical Copy-Editing & Proofreading > > KDE Proofreading Team > KDE British English Translation Team > > http://l10n.kde.org/team-infos.php?teamcode=en_GB > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > -- ***** Richard Forth "I used to be indecisive, but now, I''m not so sure!" *****
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