[nzlug] connecting two networks?

[Steve Holdoway]

On Wed, 21 May 2008 16:04:14 +1200 (NZST)
Matthew Poole <matt at p00le.net> wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 21 May 2008, Simon wrote:
> 
> > I agree with your points here. The fortigate filewall at the data
> > centre end is cool.. but what can i use on our office end.. we dont
> > have a firewall or router that could do this?
> >
> Not knowing the product, can it talk SSL VPN? If so, do you have a spare 
> box at the TGA office that could be installed with Linux to form an SSL 
> VPN, with the users in the TGA office directing their connections to the 
> servers to that Linux box? Wouldn't have to be especially powerful if all 
> it's doing is terminating a single VPN connection.
> 
Could I just point out ( obviously off topic! ) that openvpn works just as well on a Microsoft platform?

Steve
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Steve Holdoway <steve at greengecko.co.nz>