Greetings, Here is a good article on how to VPN in W2K: http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308208
Cheers Gill -----Original Message----- From: Chris Berry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 4:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: VPN Tunnels I understand that VPN tunnels are a form of PKI encryption that encapsulates packets between two computers so that they can communicate more securely over an untrusted network (i.e. the internet). What I don't know is how to set one up. I've got a mostly Windows 2000 network with a little Mandrake linux I'm working in as I figure things out. I have two main desires for VPN, first is to secure the communcations our clients use to remotely access our network which currently uses symmetric encrption, and second to allow me to log in to the network from home in case of problems or late night work with some degree of security. I plan to use VNC for the home connection and I think I know enought to set it up to go through ssh, but given that I'll be sending my admin password at times, I don't think thats enough. What I'd like to know is if anyone knows how to set up a windows or linux VPN, or where I could go to find that information. I tried amazon.com but I didn't see any good books on the subject. I do my own homework, I just need someone to point me in the right direction. Also, my budget is basically non-existant so I can't just rush out and buy a VPN appliance like a sonic wall box or something. Eventually we plan to replace our cheap cayman DSL router with a Cisco 1720 but I don't know if it has any VPN capabilities. The worst part is that I'm going to need to be able to explain how to do all this to our client at the other end as well, so I need to get a pretty good grasp of the practical parts, not just the theory.
