On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 05:30:54PM -0700, wes wrote:
> the patience is needed because there isn't a way (that I'm aware of) to
> forward multiple ports at once, as is the default with vpn software.
> additionally, one needs to alter the way their local client software
> connects to get it to use th
On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 04:06:31PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
> For a sole practitioner away from the office does a vpn offer benefits
> greater than ssh for communicating with the office network?
>
> My question is prompted by upgrading openvpn here.
I use both, but that's belt and suspender
On Wed, 21 Jun 2017, david wrote:
> If your needs are simple and you can do everything over ssh, then stay
> with that, or explore and tinker with OpenVPN and decide if it's for you
> at some point in the future.
dafr,
Good summary.
Thanks,
Rich
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On 06/21/2017 04:06 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
>For a sole practitioner away from the office does a vpn offer benefits
> greater than ssh for communicating with the office network?
>
>My question is prompted by upgrading openvpn here.
The biggest decision that you need to assess is what your
On Wed, 21 Jun 2017, wes wrote:
> ssh offers connection forwarding, and so can be used as a sort of
> poor-man's vpn. I would say, for a single user with a little patience, it
> would be sufficient for most needs.
Wes,
Patience is not an issue. Most of the time I'm processing e-mail on the
re
On Wed, 21 Jun 2017, Michael Barnes wrote:
> As I understand it (I've forgotten a lot more than I remember), a vpn
> provides a secure tunnel between your computer and the distant network.
> You would use ssh and other protocols to connect via the vpn tunnel. So,
> it is not really a vpn vs. ssh i
On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Michael Barnes
wrote:
> As I understand it (I've forgotten a lot more than I remember), a vpn
> provides a secure tunnel between your computer and the distant network. You
> would use ssh and other protocols to connect via the vpn tunnel. So, it is
> not really a
As I understand it (I've forgotten a lot more than I remember), a vpn
provides a secure tunnel between your computer and the distant network. You
would use ssh and other protocols to connect via the vpn tunnel. So, it is
not really a vpn vs. ssh issue. It is a matter of making the ssh connection
ou
For a sole practitioner away from the office does a vpn offer benefits
greater than ssh for communicating with the office network?
My question is prompted by upgrading openvpn here.
Rich
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