chris, try a howto :
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/VPN-Masquerade-HOWTO.html http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/VPN-HOWTO/ theyre cheap... h .. --- Chris Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
