[NTLUG:Discuss] Secure connection between Linux and Windows over the Internet

[David Ross]

On Friday 21 April 2006 21:48, Leroy Tennison wrote:
> Have a situation where I need for my Linux PC at home to connect to a
> Windows 2003 Small Business Server over the Internet without
> compromising either machine.  I've thought about VNC and I guess that is
> a possibility, I haven't done enough investigation into RDP to know if
> that is a possibility and then there's a VPN which i think would use
> FreeSWAN on Linux and Routing and Remote Access on Windows.  There are
> SMC Barracade hardware "router"/firewalls (I have an SMC7004VBR, a
> slightly older version is remote) on both ends.
>
> Can anyone make recommendations, point me to a good HOW-TO or suggest
> alternatives I haven't thought about?  Thanks for the input.
>
"With Hamachi you can organize two or more computers with an Internet 
connection into their own virtual network for direct secure communication. "
http://www.hamachi.cc/

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David Ross
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