* On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 01:51:43PM +1100, Michael Kedzierski wrote: > On 12/17/06, Sonia Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >* On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 03:54:06PM +1100, Craige McWhirter wrote: > >> Have you considered using OpenVPN? > > > >My understanding is that OpenVPN doesn't allow you to get a console on > >the remote machine (which I'd want for installing stuff). > > It's a VPN, which stands for Virtual Private Network. It places you > both on a network, like as if you were on the same LAN. So then you > could just SSH directly in, or do whatever.
OK, that makes sense. Because of the double encryption (vpn + ssh), would speed/responsiveness be a problem? If so, I seem to remember there's an option in OpenVPN to force UDP. Or of course I could use telnet, and limit it using tcpwrappers to just the vpn ips. -- Sonia Hamilton. GPG key A8B77238. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
