[nylug-talk] OpenVPN... Yeah or nay?

[H. G.]

On 9/7/07, Brandorr <brandorr at opensolaris.org> wrote:
>
> I am looking for an opensource VPN solution that supports Windows and
> Unixy clients. (Linux/Mac/Solaris)
>
> This is to connect to my home network from the road.



Windows: OpenVPN GUI ( http://openvpn.se/)
    [latest 2.1 release is allegedly Vista ready ]

Mac OS X: OpenVPN from either Macports or Fink
     [GUI Option: Tunnelblick (http://www.tunnelblick.net/) ]

The BSDs: can be found in FreeBSD packages, Ports Tree,
     and pkgsrc.  OpenBSD has it in ports too, I think.

Solaris: via Blastwave, pkgsrc (never tried that, not sure)

Most others: compile yourself with tips from the Download & Install
     page: (http://openvpn.net/install.html)

The same OpenVPN will function as "client" and "server".  Mr.
Mariotti's post parallel to this message covers a lot of the stuff
you may need.


I have 6.0mb/768kb ADSL and am trying to figure out if there is a
> reason I might want to go with L2 tunneling vs. routed VPN. (Other
> than CIFS browsing are there any protocols that I might want to use
> network broadcast for?)


CIFs browsing works flawlessly over OpenVPN.  I recommend that you
give it a shot.  Good luck.