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"Keith Stenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've never setup a VPN before but am I right in thinking that all that’s
> needed is the right software and two static ip addresses.
As has been noted previously, only one static ip address is necessary. Two
is a bonus, as you can then restrict the vpn connections on a host by host
basis, increasing security.
> I'm trying to help out a small community group set one up and they have
> received quotes for 11,000 upwards, although I never set a VPN up I
> always thought that it wasn't necessary to get special equipment.
As is the way with a lot of things these days, you can often get both
software and hardware based solutions for the same problems.
> Any advice on this would be much appreciated!
If you have the luxury of two linux/solaris/bsd machines, one for each end
of the link, then I can recommend vtun (<http://vtun.sourceforge.net/>),
which I use daily. Depending on what you want to do, it can be a little
fiddly to set up, but with a straight tcp based connection, it's pretty
simple.
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Miah Gregory
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