SSH tunnel

kermitthefrog917 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 106

I have my computer in my dorm room at school, and I can ssh into my sisters computer at home. How can I establish a constant connection between the two? I am looking for a ssh method, and currently this is what I was able to come up with.

JeroenV · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:28 am Post subject:

what kind of constant connection do you mean?

You can make ssh tunnels for different services (e.g. web) with

kermitthefrog917 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 106

I want more of a VPN, and I looked around, and I saw a VPN solution using only SSH and the command I posted above.

any recommendations of a VPN setup?

JeroenV · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:09 pm Post subject:

oh, sounds interesting that this simple command could offer VPN like features... Never seen that before, I might look into it.
However, for proven solutions, here's a few keywords:

cipe (I remember being able to run windows shares etc. over it some 10 years ago)
tinc
IPSec
FreeS/WAN

The last 3 are full blown VPN solutions, although tinc seems quite easy to install. I have no 1st hand VPN experience however.
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madisonicus · Veteran Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 1130

OpenVPN is another option for you. Easier to set up securely than IPSEC.

Gentoo-wiki howto: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_OpenVPN_primer

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kermitthefrog917 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 106

ok... i used openvpn... i set up a tunnel between the two computers... now how do access the rest of my home network from my dorm room?

iptables MASQUERADE?

route?

thanks for the help

monkeyboy1976 · n00b Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 9 Location: Switzerland

Hi,

I am trying this at the moment too, getting my office computer to join my home network. I bought the book Building Linux Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) which has a number of solutions. I've opted to try the PPP over an SSH tunnel. Sounded a good approach to me. Check out the books website wher e they have a sample chapter and a number of scripts that you can use.

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JeroenV · Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:19 am Post subject:

@kermit:

maybe you actually need to read some documentation :?:

It seems the routing between local networks and VPN is explained in good detail in
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_OpenVPN_primer#Configuration

Good luck
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