Implementing VPN

Leonard Isham leonard.isham at gmail.com
Wed Dec 22 18:47:25 UTC 2004


On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:19:29 -0500, Matt Morgan <minxmertzmomo at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:59:55 +0530, R. S. Patil
> <kpr_rspatil at sancharnet.in> wrote:
> 
> > Now we want to establish a VPN with minimal investment. The data
> > sharing between branches is very limited at present like viewing
> > stocks, transferring documents files, extending software related support
> > entering requests for any stock transfers etc. etc. But we wish to
> > avail Internet facility for all the Users. A user from one branch
> > should be using a application in his own branch to full extent
> > but he will be using a downscaled application in another branch
> > with local database at respective sites. We are not planning a
> > centralized data warehouse like concept. But for support purpose
> > we need to have access to any node from any place.
> 
> Have a look at smoothwall, a linux firewall/VPN/router "appliance"
> that can install and run on any typical PC hardware. There's a free,
> GPL version (smoothwall.org) as well as a non-free (but very
> reasonably priced), commercially supported version (smoothwall.net).
> The free version is somewhat limited, relative to the non-free, but I
> think it can do what you need.
> 
> Otherwise, the advice you've gotten in the other responses is also very good.
> 

As I understand it Smoothwall is not free wehn used in a comercial
environment, and I don't think that VPN is included in the free
version.
-- 
Leonard Isham, CISSP 
Ostendo non ostento.




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