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From: Tony Lawrence <tony@pcunix.com>
Subject: Re: VPN for Openserver
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 06:36:42 -0500
References: <d4e3407b.0211210236.d6803d8@posting.google.com> 

Fernando Ronci wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Are there any VPN server packages that will run on OSR5?
> I've done a google search on "vpn for SCO" but it seems such a product
> didn't exist as of 2001 (the date of the postings) By that time a
> hardware solution seemed the way to go.
> The FAQ at http://www.pcunix.com/SCOFAQ/scotec0.html doesn't cover
> VPN. Nor do the TA's at http://stage.caldera.com/ta
> Only http://www.pcunix.com/Basics/vpn.html deals with VPN's, but no
> specific product for SCO is mentioned.
> MSPPP does vpn on PPP links. I need it on a frame relay WAN.
> Does this situation remain the same today or has a third party company
> developed a VPN solution for us SCO users?

There's Poptop, but I don't kniow if it has been ported to SCO.

I generally don't like a production server providing this kind of 
function.  I have a number of clients doing anything from ssh to tpoptop 
to hardware vpns, but I always run that on a separate machine (or 
dedicated vpn appliance) and let them access the sco from there.

For example, if ssh access is enough, I don't let them come directly to 
sco- they ssh to some other box (usually a Linux system) and then from 
there gain access to sco, either transparently or through another login 
(depending upon how many levels of challenge we feel we need).

Or if it's a VPN with poptop, again I'd run that on a separate Linux box 
both for the additional isolation and because it's just easier to 
obtain, configure, and maintain this sort of thing on Linux.

Even with hardware VPN's (point to point) I've sometimes isolated that 
so the VPN only gives access to part of the network and you need to pass 
more hurdles to go on.


But in no situation do I think you should ever have direct outside 
access to a production server.

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