[plug] VPN and Mozilla

[Brad Campbell]

Craig Ringer wrote:

>> I access the network by running ppp over ssh to create a secure vpn 
>> into the office. I have debian on my laptop and the whole thing works 
>> a treat.
>> I figured this was the most secure way to run the wireless network.
>> Problem is, I have an employee who wants to do the same, but with 
>> windows. I can ssh in using putty with no problem, is there a ppp 
>> client or similar for windows that will allow me to securely vpn in? 
>> Or are there other options?
>
>
> IPSEC and FreeS/WAN might work if the user has win2k or newer, but I 
> don't know about interoperability issues. Alternately, I could've 
> sworn putty supported port forwards? A simple batch file that uses 
> putty might  well do the trick.
>
> If not there's always PPPTP but again I have no experience with that.

Looks like PoPToP is the way to go, I have win2k and XP clients, and 
they have pptp vpn build in. I have it working now, I just need to 
compile mppe encryption into pppd and I should be able to get a fully 
encrypted link running.
Probably overkill to have the thing WEP 40bit encrypted and then mppe I 
suppose.

Cheers..
Brad