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Hi Robin, We have an application which uses a socket to send data between two networks. Trouble is the data is plain text and therefore the packets can be intercepted and read. I believe a VPN will get around this issue. Also I need to find out if a VPN would also secure a connection between two mysql servers on its standard port of 3306. Regards Phil. On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:36:25 +0100, Robin Cornelius wrote: > Philip Radford wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Does anyone know any good resources or can advise me in the setup >> of VPNs under linux. I am currently reading into the theory >> behind VPNs but resources on actual implementation using standard >> Linux tools seems limited. >> >> My current thoughts are that VPNs just a combination of existing >> available technologies such as Firewalls, IPsec and >> private/pubilc key encryption. >> >> > What do you want to achieve? Provide remote access to a company > network, link two offices together etc.. > > VPN IS just a combination of avaiable technologies and there are > lots of ways to achieve results with various pros and cons. I find > raw ipsec with x509 certs pretty straight forward and it is > believed to be pretty secure and seems to work well between windows > and Linux etc. > > Robin > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message > body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html