Setting up an stunnel connection from Linux through Win 2K to an HP-UX machine

[James Kimble]

My company recently set up VPN capability on the Inet Server so that
certain employees could have a high speed connection to our network
over the internet.

I am running Linux and would like to use the same capability. I have
no need to work with the Windows network but I would like to be able
to connect to the HP-UX box (where I live) via the same tunnel through
the Internet server. I've looked at the stunnel man pages and a few
web sites but I'm being lazy. I'm using Red Hat 8.0 and Road Runner and
I just want to tunnel through the Internet server (a Windows 2000 machine)
and connect to another Unix box (HP-UX 11). Can anyone give me a quick
overview?

Any help much appreciated

James Kimble

[Michael Heiming]

Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@verizon.net> wrote:
....

> 3: Win2K machines are a bit hazardous as VPN servers. They're so
> difficult to secure properly, and the software and licenses are so
> expensive, you're almost always better off with a Linux based VPN
> server, even when serving Windows clients.

Not to mention the stability problems one might face, in addition
to the constant rebooting for the security patch of the week.
;)

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[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

Michael Heiming wrote:

> Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@verizon.net> wrote:
> ....
>

>>3: Win2K machines are a bit hazardous as VPN servers. They're so
>>difficult to secure properly, and the software and licenses are so
>>expensive, you're almost always better off with a Linux based VPN
>>server, even when serving Windows clients.

>
>
> Not to mention the stability problems one might face, in addition
> to the constant rebooting for the security patch of the week.
> ;)
>

Well, yes. But it's often difficult to explain those in the business
plan to justify using Linux instead of Windows, so I kind of left those out.

[James Kimble]

Thanks, I'll give that a try...

Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@verizon.net> wrote in message news:<NbU4b.17639>

> 1: For tunneling individual channels this way, you probably want SSH,
> not stunnel. It's a lot easier to set up.
>
> 2: If you want full VPN access, take a look at [url]www.poptop.org[/url] and the
> [url]http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/[/url] web pages. If your "Inet Server" is
> already using Microsoft's VPN service, the pptpclient software is quite
> compatible with it.
>
> 3: Win2K machines are a bit hazardous as VPN servers. They're so
> difficult to secure properly, and the software and licenses are so
> expensive, you're almost always better off with a Linux based VPN
> server, even when serving Windows clients.