Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 16 May 1997 09:44:34 -0400 (EDT) | | From | Nathan Bryant <> | | Subject | Re: VPN |
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On Thu, 15 May 1997, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > Hi, > > is there any way to implement a Virtual Private Network using Linux ? > > > > We are already using Linux as firewalls and routers, and now we'd like to > > implement a VPN. I know we can use the tunnelling drivers to implement a > > Virtual Network through the Internet, but we'd need to have encryption > > and authentication in order to have a true and secure VPN. > > > > Has anyone done such a thing ? > > ppp over secureshell. Mail me for script.
Yecch! :) No, don't do this. Sure, it works, but IPsec (the IETF standard for IP-level encryption) is much faster and more elegant. John Ioannidis has developed IPsec kernel patches for 2.0 kernels; 2.1.x support is in the works. Check out http://www.cygnus.com/~gnu/swan.html for more info.
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