[nzlug] VPN/Tunnel software

[Matt Brown]

Simon Lyall wrote:

> 1. Debian/Ubuntu at both ends. Servers not desktops (ie not graphical)
> 2. I would prefer to use the most popular software rather than something
>    obscure. Eg part of packages, plenty of howtos.
> 3. Reasonable encryption.
> 4. Built in Traffic shaping would be a bonus.
> 5. Not too barebones (ie not just iptables).

I would highly recommend OpenVPN. It's easy to setup, secure and it
really does "just work". It handles Dynamic IPs with no problems, and
you can setup a huge range of different tunnel types.

I don't think it does traffic shaping.

It's in Sarge and Dapper, although the Sarge version is a bit old (it
still seems to work fine). There are plenty of backports around though.

Cheers

-- 
Matt Brown
matt at mattb.net.nz
Mob +64 21 611 544 www.mattb.net.nz

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