[pptp-server] VPN using SSH and pppd

[ilan Bloch]

Hi there,
But if it's easier AND you can connect WinXX stations to the LAN why then
bother with PPTP -and its rather cumbersome install process ?

ilan

At 11:01 10/12/99 -0600, Eric Anderson wrote:
>True.. it is easier.. i chose to go this method and have it working now.. 
>there is one problem i am having with pppd tho.. i cant set the netmask 
>(which i have seen on this list before).. i have tried using ppp 2.3.9 and 
>2.3.10... still, no avail..  other than that, it works great..
>
>
>At 11:53 AM 12/10/99 -0500, Ed Padin wrote:
>
>>I think that SSH method may be easier because all you're doign is an
>>encrypted RSH where you redirect the input and output through a PPP server
>>and client. SSH v1 does have it's own vulnerabilities. SSH v2 is better but
>>it is a commercial product.
>>
>> >-----O
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Benjamin Smith [mailto:bens at saber.net]
>> >Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 11:28 AM
>> >To: pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
>> >Subject: [pptp-server] VPN using SSH and pppd
>> >
>> >
>> >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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