[pptp-server] VPN using SSH and pppd

Benjamin Smith bens at saber.net
Fri Dec 10 10:38:22 CST 1999


Recently, I read an interesting article in Linux Journal about setting up a VPN
using remote SSH login, pppd and route. 

Has anybody here ever tried this method?  In terms of implementation, is this
more or less complicated than VPN with PPTP? (I've heard lots of nasty stuff
about MS PPTP and bad security) 

I don't plan on trying to VPN via modem or anything, and with the above
solution, Windows clients on each network side would "see" the other clients.
(In theory - I've not ever implemented it yet) 

I have two Linux boxes (one is RH 6.0, the other is 6.1) running via ADSL,
(approximately 1.0-1.5 Mb d/l, ~384k u/l) each providing masqueraded Internet
access for LANs.  Since I'm already using SSH to do work @work from my
home-office LAN, this seems rather natural. The main application will be
PC/Anywhere or VNC. 

Thoughts, anyone? (thanks!) 





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