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On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 12:40 +0100, Grant Sewell wrote: > Hi all, > > I've read about using SSH and PPP to create a VPN connection between two > Linux boxes, but does this work using PuTTY as an SSH client? I've read > about the various SWAN tools for IPSec and PPTP VPN creation too, but > have previously had problems getting my router to forward the relevant > traffic. Does anyone know of a relatively straight forward way to > create a VPN that both Linux and Windows can connect to without too much > hassle on the client side? > We tend to use PPTP/GRE with MPPE encryption (128 bit). It is supported by Windows by default, and MPPE is in the linux kernel now too. PPTP (for server and/or client) is downloadable from sourceforge (or via a yum repo I think if you are running RedHat/Fedora). Note, it works, however there are security issues in that PPTP/MPPE is not the securest method available (things like IPSec are more secure). John. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 E-mail: John.Horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html