Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 20:35:26 -0400 From: Steve Lake <steve.lake@raiden.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VPN setup question Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20080518203149.01c23078@192.168.0.30> In-Reply-To: <20080518224222.GA97110@demeter.hydra> References: <5.2.0.9.2.20080518175447.00c41508@192.168.0.30> <5.2.0.9.2.20080518145034.00c412a8@192.168.0.30> <5.2.0.9.2.20080518145034.00c412a8@192.168.0.30> <5.2.0.9.2.20080518175447.00c41508@192.168.0.30>
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> From what I'm reading, it looks like you want a secure proxy rather than >a VPN, per se. SSH can be used to provide that functionality very >simply: > > http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=408 > >That explains how to use SSH for remote proxy service with Firefox, but >it's simple enough to do the same thing with Pidgin for IMs and a number >of other applications. Would that solve the problems you want solved? Hmm, this may just work. I never thought of using an SSH remote proxy before. I'll definitely look into it and see if that does the job for me. Thanks.
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