From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 19 04:06:12 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD0781065670 for ; Mon, 19 May 2008 04:06:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-129.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-129.bluehost.com [67.222.38.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9C7D88FC0A for ; Mon, 19 May 2008 04:06:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 4765 invoked by uid 0); 19 May 2008 04:06:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy4.bluehost.com with SMTP; 19 May 2008 04:06:12 -0000 Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JxwdX-0007de-UD for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 18 May 2008 22:06:12 -0600 Received: by demeter.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 18 May 2008 22:06:11 -0600 Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 22:06:11 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080519040611.GA97882@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> <5.2.0.9.2.20080518203149.01c23078@192.168.0.30> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20080518203149.01c23078@192.168.0.30> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} DomainKey-Status: no signature Subject: Re: VPN setup question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 04:06:12 -0000 --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 08:35:26PM -0400, Steve Lake wrote: >=20 > >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=3D408 > > > >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? >=20 > Hmm, this may just work. I never thought of using an SSH remote= =20 > proxy before. I'll definitely look into it and see if that does the job= =20 > for me. Thanks.=20 Glad to be of service. Sometimes, the answer we really need is easier than the one we think we need. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] John Kenneth Galbraith: "If all else fails, immortality can always be assured through spectacular error." --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkgw/LMACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWQFQCfWZLhRQAgiUpc4jn5KrVMlopC sP4AnRkU9qX8/iku5TcOE0iBXMwhoD5c =AFk/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N--