Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Reaching my network over the internet

2005-12-29 Thread Ryan Viljoen
KISS - keep it short and simple. Doesnt that also stand for keep it simple stupid!? You can also use port knocking for additional security for SSH. I dont know anything about VPN so I wont comment. -- Ryan Viljoen Bsc(Eng) (Electrical) When you say I wrote a program that crashed Windows,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Reaching my network over the internet

2005-10-17 Thread Jonathan Wright
John Jolet wrote: Why do though all the hassle of setting up a VPN when you can use SSH to provide a secure tunnel into the network and use that instead? Works fine for me. # ssh -L5900:hostname:5900 [EMAIL PROTECTED] # vncviewer localhost:0 Okay, now show me the instance where you want

[gentoo-user] Re: Reaching my network over the internet

2005-10-16 Thread Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Grant wrote: Hello, I'd like to ssh into my network over the internet. Do I need to set up VPN for that? Can anyone point me in the right direction? It depends on what you're trying to do. If you just want to ssh into a machine on your network... then no. From a shell session on that

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Reaching my network over the internet

2005-10-16 Thread Grant
Hello, I'd like to ssh into my network over the internet. Do I need to set up VPN for that? Can anyone point me in the right direction? It depends on what you're trying to do. If you just want to ssh into a machine on your network... then no. From a shell session on that machine you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Reaching my network over the internet

2005-10-16 Thread John Jolet
On Sunday 16 October 2005 13:01, Grant wrote: Hello, I'd like to ssh into my network over the internet. Do I need to set up VPN for that? Can anyone point me in the right direction? It depends on what you're trying to do. If you just want to ssh into a machine on your network...

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Reaching my network over the internet

2005-10-16 Thread Jonathan Wright
John Jolet wrote: Basically I have a network back home with a couple Gentoo systems connected and I'd like to have ssh (and maybe vnc) access to them from my Gentoo laptop no matter where I am. What do you think? if you just need ssh, you don't need a vpn, just a port forward on your router.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Reaching my network over the internet

2005-10-16 Thread John Jolet
On Sunday 16 October 2005 15:44, Jonathan Wright wrote: John Jolet wrote: Basically I have a network back home with a couple Gentoo systems connected and I'd like to have ssh (and maybe vnc) access to them from my Gentoo laptop no matter where I am. What do you think? if you just need