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I set up OpenVPN recently, and found it to be straightforward and reliable. Authentication is based on SSL certificates; both ends authenticate each other. In the past I would set up dozens of ssh tunnels to access various services I run from my home network. OpenVPN simplifies things immensely. Derek Atkins wrote: > .htaccess files? > ssl + certificates? > > -derek > > Quoting kirblam at comcast.net: > >> Hi Linux experts, >> >> I have a client that has a Linux based site, Apache, PHP and MySQL. I >> managed to get most of the site running locally on my machine, get it >> into CVS, make enhancements etc. >> >> They do not have a deployment environment yet and don't have a VPN. >> They're a stable but small dot com - money's an issue but at least >> they pay on time. >> >> In the short term, I'll open up port 80 on my router and forward >> traffic to the Suse box. There are obvious reasons this isn't optimal. >> I'll shut it down when the client isn't online. >> >> Basically, I'm looking for suggestions for demo'ing client work that's >> more secure than simply opening up port 80. And I'd like to assume >> that there could be more than one client in the future so it should be >> something that could be repeated "n" times. >> >> I have a Suse 9.3 box running behind a Linksys WRT54GS. My ISP is >> Comcast. >> My skills are mainly web development (12 years) not administration >> although I've been using and working in *nix for that same period of >> time. >> >> Thanks for your help, >> jk >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at blu.org >> http://olduvai.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix ICQ 28611923 / AIM abreauj / JABBER jabr at jabber.org / YAHOO abreauj Email jabr at blu.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: jabr.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 175 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.blu.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20051114/9c367b38/attachment.vcf>
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