I tried doing the VPN thing between my home and office. I can get VPN to work at the expense of my home network. That is, I can't manage to stay on my home network and be connected to my work network at the same time.I googled the crap trying to figure it out. I think there was some way to establish a trust relationship between my home Samba network and the work Win2K3 AD network, but I could never figure it out.
IPSec can work with NAT, but it can be a bitch in many circumstances.I love OpenVPN's ability to traverse practically anything with a routable address.
I dont know much about vpns, i have read on wikipedia, but, i dont really understand what they are and why i would use one? how is it any diff from useing windows term services to term to another pc,or useing vnc to control a pc remote?
A few months back, I installed Hamachi to see test it out, and the very next day I got a call from Comcast. I can't remember the exact department, but the message said something about our household violating the tos. I researched Comcast and VPNs, and I discovered that you have to pay extra to use VPNs. Comcast left messages for a few days saying that I had to return the call immediately or face termination. However, everytime I called, I was transferred to an answering machine even though I called between specified times. I uninstalled Hamachi, and Comcast ceased calling, hah. At first I thought I was getting in trouble for the stuff I do on usenet :), but I'm pretty sure it's because of Hamachi that Comcast called. Can anyone confirm this?
If anyone wants to learn a bit more about VPN and secure access to private networks even from open WiFi hotspots, you should check out some of the old archived episodes of "Security Now" w/ Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson. <a class="user" href="http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm">http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm</a> , Episodes 14-19 deal with VPN technologies. But it's a great show for security stuff overall too. Small downloads available too (16kb if you've got dialup)
Why, for the love of everything sacred, would you ever create a trust between your corporate AD and your home SAMBA network? Are you BEGGING for trouble? I mean, at that point your network could be responsible for spewing a virus onto the corporate network OR the corporate network could spew one onto your home network.You may say this is no big deal, because your run [insert OS here], but it is. You see, even though an executable may not run on your OS of choice, you are not immune to its effects. A malicious app can still chew up space on your home system (or vice versa). Also, if anybody else VPN's back to the corp net, you must presume they can reach your network as well. The security implications are truly mind boggling, ESPECIALLY if you trust the security space from one network to the other. Oh my GOD is that a bad idea.
bloodwineSep 1, 2006
I tried doing the VPN thing between my home and office. I can get VPN to work at the expense of my home network. That is, I can't manage to stay on my home network and be connected to my work network at the same time.I googled the crap trying to figure it out. I think there was some way to establish a trust relationship between my home Samba network and the work Win2K3 AD network, but I could never figure it out.
tmccSep 1, 2006
IPSec can work with NAT, but it can be a bitch in many circumstances.I love OpenVPN's ability to traverse practically anything with a routable address.
Closed AccountSep 1, 2006
I dont know much about vpns, i have read on wikipedia, but, i dont really understand what they are and why i would use one? how is it any diff from useing windows term services to term to another pc,or useing vnc to control a pc remote?
souledSep 1, 2006
A few months back, I installed Hamachi to see test it out, and the very next day I got a call from Comcast. I can't remember the exact department, but the message said something about our household violating the tos. I researched Comcast and VPNs, and I discovered that you have to pay extra to use VPNs. Comcast left messages for a few days saying that I had to return the call immediately or face termination. However, everytime I called, I was transferred to an answering machine even though I called between specified times. I uninstalled Hamachi, and Comcast ceased calling, hah. At first I thought I was getting in trouble for the stuff I do on usenet :), but I'm pretty sure it's because of Hamachi that Comcast called. Can anyone confirm this?
seanandjaelSep 1, 2006
If anyone wants to learn a bit more about VPN and secure access to private networks even from open WiFi hotspots, you should check out some of the old archived episodes of "Security Now" w/ Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson. <a class="user" href="http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm">http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm</a> , Episodes 14-19 deal with VPN technologies. But it's a great show for security stuff overall too. Small downloads available too (16kb if you've got dialup)
drdabblesSep 3, 2006
Why, for the love of everything sacred, would you ever create a trust between your corporate AD and your home SAMBA network? Are you BEGGING for trouble? I mean, at that point your network could be responsible for spewing a virus onto the corporate network OR the corporate network could spew one onto your home network.You may say this is no big deal, because your run [insert OS here], but it is. You see, even though an executable may not run on your OS of choice, you are not immune to its effects. A malicious app can still chew up space on your home system (or vice versa). Also, if anybody else VPN's back to the corp net, you must presume they can reach your network as well. The security implications are truly mind boggling, ESPECIALLY if you trust the security space from one network to the other. Oh my GOD is that a bad idea.
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