Re: postgres "on in the internet"

I'm using poptop successfully. The setup was pretty steep though because
it's extremely dependent on what has been compiled into the kernel. I
was able to get it running on Redhat9 w/o any kernel recompiles though.


Russell Smith wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 05:55 am, Paul Tillotson wrote:
>
>>How difficult is it to set up VPN?
>>
>>I know that in the past my company has used VPN tunnels, but this was
>>difficult for our remote users to get set up.  I am actually willing to
>>trade *some* security for ease of installation and simplicity.  This
>>will have to be deployed on  30 to 40 client computers, several of them
>>in very (i.e., plane travel) distant locations for non-technical users
>>who will work remotely.
>>
>>Whatever the solution is, the setup needs to be scriptable or else very
>>easy to walk someone through by telephone.
>
> Are the clients using win32?
>
> I would suggest something like www.poptop.org   PPTP clients VPN
> allowing any OS to connect to it.  It's as easy as setting up a dial up link for
> the client.  Getting it right on the server is a little harder (At least with encryption).
>
> I'd take a look at it.
>
> Regards
>
> Russell Smith
>
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