>
> > Hi,
> > is there any way to implement a Virtual Private Network using Linux ?
> >
> > We are already using Linux as firewalls and routers, and now we'd like to
> > implement a VPN. I know we can use the tunnelling drivers to implement a
> > Virtual Network through the Internet, but we'd need to have encryption
> > and authentication in order to have a true and secure VPN.
> >
> > Has anyone done such a thing ?
>
> ppp over secureshell. Mail me for script.
Yecch! :) No, don't do this. Sure, it works, but IPsec (the IETF standard
for IP-level encryption) is much faster and more elegant. John Ioannidis
has developed IPsec kernel patches for 2.0 kernels; 2.1.x support is in
the works. Check out http://www.cygnus.com/~gnu/swan.html for more info.