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On Sunday 16 October 2005 13:01, Grant wrote: |
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> > > Hello, I'd like to ssh into my network over the internet. Do I need |
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> > > to set up VPN for that? Can anyone point me in the right direction? |
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> > It depends on what you're trying to do. |
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> > If you just want to ssh into a machine on your network... then no. From |
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> > a shell session on that machine you can access the other hosts on your |
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> > network. |
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> > If you want to "ssh into your network" and have your computer connected |
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> > as if you were actually on the network... then yes you will need VPN for |
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> > that. |
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> > |
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> > What sort of network access are you wanting? |
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> > |
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> > -Gabriel |
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> Hi Gabriel, |
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> Basically I have a network back home with a couple Gentoo systems |
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> connected and I'd like to have ssh (and maybe vnc) access to them from |
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> my Gentoo laptop no matter where I am. What do you think? |
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> - Grant |
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if you just need ssh, you don't need a vpn, just a port forward on your |
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router. for vnc, I'd use openvpn. |
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