How do I setup a Home brew VPN Server?

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How do I setup a Home brew VPN Server?

Just wondering how to setup my own Home Brew VPN server using Mac OS X Client 10.3.9. I already got WebDAV, FTP, PHP, MySQL, Apache2(htaccess, htpasswd). Can anyone point my in the right direction? Can't seem to google anything on this topic.

Posted on Oct 23, 2005 3:49 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 23, 2005 7:40 PM in response to Jason Bryant

This page ought to give you a good start understanding the basics of what is involved:
http://glozer.net/soekris/macosx-ipsec.html

I would reccomend that instead you give openvpn a whirl:
http://openvpn.net

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Oct 23, 2005 4:14 PM in response to Jason Bryant

What are you trying to do? I have a VPN of sorts using a Mini as the server and an SSH tunnel/port redirection.

What that allows me to do is use create local ports on a remote machine for services on the Mini - namely IMAP, SMTP. It is completely reasonable to use this for other services, like web browsing courtesy of a proxy server like Squid.

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Oct 23, 2005 4:42 PM in response to Jason Bryant

The idea came to me when I wanted to print something at home while on business. I'd have to copy my document to my web server, then VNC into it, then print. I'd thought I would tackle this using VPN. Maybe have Bonjoir and file sharing access. That was my intent.

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