Hi Scott,
Check out VPS. It's a VPN daemon that uses SSH for Linux. And it's
open source. So you might be able to tweak the code to work on a
Windows client.
It's at http://www.strongcrypto.com.
-AC
Scott Ellsworth enscribed:
> Howdy, all.
>
> With the help of some people here, I have ssh running on a remote machine,
> and am successfully using it to forward X connections. I can also forward
> telnet over the link, so I am happy.
>
> I now wish to set up a vpn using information like that in the FAQ. I am
> having good luck so far when I use a Linux client, but I am stymied by how
> to make a Mac or Windows client work. I have a Windows client that is
> doing the forwarding, and I expect that I can get the Data Fellows option
> working well on the Mac, so tunnelling ppp is the real task.
>
> How do I get a PPP connection into my terminal program, or to a local
> port/ip? Given that I can forward ports, all I need is a ppp daemon for
> windows that will talk to an ip/port.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> I have read the FAQ, and enough stuff on the MS site to make my head spin.
> I tried the direct cable connect, but it demanded a physical com port, and
> was speed limited. All of the options in the RAS panel were based on pptp
> or a modem of some kind. I have had similar luck with my Mac - they all
> want to go over a port, not a connection.
>
> This seems somehow like the hacks needed back in the tia days, where one
> needed a chat script that was tuned just so. The technology has advanced
> enough that I cannot seem to find something quite that primitive anymore.
>
> Scott
>
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