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From: Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@×××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OpenVPN setup
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:27:07
Message-Id: 200802121542.27036.shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] OpenVPN setup by Alan McKinnon
1 On Tuesday 12 February 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2
3 > Your statement "it seems like running SSH inside a VPN is better for
4 > security than running SSH on a non-standard port" is non-sensical.
5 > From a security and encryption perspective, ssh and OpenVPN are
6 > exactly the same thing - stuff wrapped in an encryption layer provided
7 > by ssl, complete with exactly the same key setup should you choose to
8 > use that route.
9
10 Perhaps confusingly, ssh itself can be used to create openVPN-like VPNs
11 (actually, much simpler), using the -w option and a couple of tun (or
12 tap) interfaces on the connected computers.
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Re: [gentoo-user] OpenVPN setup Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>