Re: VPN revisited

2009-09-29 Thread Christina
This may sound dumb but for my information, could you please let me know what a VPN is. Thanks, Christina On Sep 29, 2009, at 2:34 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Hi all, > > Ok I've been playing around with two VPN clients since I raised this > topic about a month ago. The two clients I've

Re: VPN revisited

2009-09-29 Thread Donal Fitzpatrick
Hi Christina, VPN stands for "virtual Private Network". Basically, it allows me to connect into my work network from home. I can see the network disks, send mail, and access all the resources I need to access as though I'm in the office. hth Donal On 29 Sep 2009, at 23:25, Christina wro

Re: VPN revisited

2009-09-29 Thread Christina
Oh, thanks that makes perfect sense. :) Thanks, Christina On Sep 29, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Hi Christina, > > VPN stands for "virtual Private Network". Basically, it allows me to > connect into my work network from home. I can see the network disks, > send mail, and ac

RE: VPN revisited

2009-09-29 Thread Frank Ventura
Behalf Of Christina Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:26 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: VPN revisited Oh, thanks that makes perfect sense. :) Thanks, Christina On Sep 29, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Hi Christina, > > VPN stands for &quo

RE: VPN revisited

2009-10-01 Thread Simon Fogarty
access / wweb based software packages. Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donal Fitzpatrick Sent: Wednesday, 30 September 2009 11:29 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: VPN revisited Hi Christina

Re: VPN revisited

2009-10-01 Thread Esther
Hi, It's worth commenting as an addition to Dónal's very nice summary of VPN clients that there was a specific requirement for software to work with "Open VPN", which is one popular version of VPN software that works cross-platform and which was the chosen VPN software version for his org

RE: VPN revisited

2009-10-02 Thread Frank Ventura
to it. No additional software to install/purchase. Frank -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Esther Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 5:52 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: VPN revisited Hi

Re: VPN revisited

2009-10-02 Thread Chris Blouch
Of Esther > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 5:52 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: VPN revisited > > > Hi, > > It's worth commenting as an addition to Dónal's very nice summary of > VPN clients that there was a specific requirement for sof

RE: VPN revisited

2009-10-02 Thread Frank Ventura
grant more granual control of resources. Frank From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 10:29 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: VPN revisited I guess I'm not clear on how this

Re: VPN revisited

2009-10-02 Thread Chris Blouch
*Chris Blouch > *Sent:* Friday, October 02, 2009 10:29 AM > *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: VPN revisited > > > > I guess I'm not clear on how this would work. Doesn't the VPN server > have to run on your firewall? So when I try to conn

Re: VPN revisited

2009-10-02 Thread Chris Blouch
ent: Wednesday, 30 September 2009 11:29 a.m. > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: VPN revisited > > > Hi Christina, > > VPN stands for "virtual Private Network". Basically, it allows me to > connect into my work network from home. I can see the n