[Wylug-discuss] VPN acroos linux gateway from win2k server

[Chris Davies]

Adrian Haigh-Hutchinson wrote:
> The problem is that we are still using a Windows 2000 Server as the main
> network server and the admistrator wants to use VPN to connect from his
> W2k laptop remotely to fix any problems / tiker / update the MS server etc.

> Will the linux / squid gateway allow such access?  and if so how, and if
> not what can I do to make it work?

My recommendation would be to go for a combination of OpenVPN for the
VPN component, and VNC for the remote access bit.

Both are easy to configure, and both do what they say on the tin.

You would run OpenVPN from your admin's laptop to the linux gateway,
thereby adding his laptop to your network, and then he would run VNC
directly from his laptop to the W2K server.

Others will no doubt provide other suggestions.
Chris