Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 22:06:11 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VPN setup question Message-ID: <20080519040611.GA97882@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20080518203149.01c23078@192.168.0.30> References: <5.2.0.9.2.20080518175447.00c41508@192.168.0.30> <5.2.0.9.2.20080518145034.00c412a8@192.168.0.30> <5.2.0.9.2.20080518145034.00c412a8@192.168.0.30> <5.2.0.9.2.20080518175447.00c41508@192.168.0.30> <5.2.0.9.2.20080518203149.01c23078@192.168.0.30>
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--fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 08:35:26PM -0400, Steve Lake wrote: >=20 > >From what I'm reading, it looks like you want a secure proxy rather than > >a VPN, per se. SSH can be used to provide that functionality very > >simply: > > > > http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=3D408 > > > >That explains how to use SSH for remote proxy service with Firefox, but > >it's simple enough to do the same thing with Pidgin for IMs and a number > >of other applications. Would that solve the problems you want solved? >=20 > Hmm, this may just work. I never thought of using an SSH remote= =20 > proxy before. I'll definitely look into it and see if that does the job= =20 > for me. Thanks.=20 Glad to be of service. Sometimes, the answer we really need is easier than the one we think we need. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] John Kenneth Galbraith: "If all else fails, immortality can always be assured through spectacular error." --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkgw/LMACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWQFQCfWZLhRQAgiUpc4jn5KrVMlopC sP4AnRkU9qX8/iku5TcOE0iBXMwhoD5c =AFk/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N--
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