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Re: [LUG] Simple VPN creation that supports Windows?

 

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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?

OpenVPN is multi-platform and only requires a single UDP or TCP port.

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