[vpn] vpn planning

[dgillett at deepforest.org]

On 26 Feb 2002, at 22:46, Steve Hunt wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm planning to install a vpn so that two of our 
> locations can share the same database,and access 
> each other's local network shares.
> 
> I had planned to use free s/wan with a linux firewall 
> like ipchains for this, setting up a NAT with firewalling 
> rules,then setting up the vpn on that machine.  After 
> doing some reading, I see that there's probably more 
> to it.  For example,do I need some kind of Windows 
> vpn client for the windows workstations?  Is there 
> anyway to make the vpn transparent to the user,such 
> that any traffic to the remote LAN is automatically 
> routed through the vpn?

  No.

  VPNs are typically used in two different ways:

1.  To securely connect remote clients to a central server/LAN.

  This is the scenario where you would install client software on 
each remote machine.

2.  To securely connect two sites together.

  This is your scenario; to client machines (and servers), the tunnel 
between the firewall boxes looks like a point-to-point link between 
two routers -- this is the transparency you want.

David Gillett
CCNA, MCSE, A+ -- hire me!


 


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