[wplug] Easy VPN?

[Bill Moran]

Russ Schneider <russ at sugapablo.com> wrote:

> Ok, I have a client that wants me to get to his server via VPN, and I have 
> to admit I'm clueless about it.
> 
> On Windows, to access a VPN, you just open a box, type in the IP, username 
> and password, and click on it to connect.
> 
> I've been looking up VPN stuff for linux, but it all seems MASSIVELY 
> complicated (to me anyways).
> 
> Isn't there a really easy, bonehead-proof, way to simply connect to 
> another server via a VPN (which they then want me to connect via telnet 
> after I've established the VPN connection.

OpenVPN is the easiest I've seen.  And it runs on just about every platform
that's worth caring about.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com