[OpenVPN home] [Date Prev] [Date Index] [Date Next]
[OpenVPN mailing lists] [Thread Prev] [Thread Index] [Thread Next]
Google
 
Web openvpn.net

Re: [Openvpn-users] VPN thru VPN


  • Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] VPN thru VPN
  • From: Paul <gyoza@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 20:21:02 -0400

Juan Rodriguez Hervella wrote:

I've just read your question on openVPN mailing list and I was wondering
if you could explain to me what you do to secure the wireless link to the linux box, I'd like to buy a wireless ADSL router and I was wondering what could I do to make the security of the wireless link stronger....I was thinking of using WEP, but I know that's weak and your
setup could be useful to me....




If you buy a wireless router, look for one that can do WPA. If you use WEP, just change the keys on a regular basis. You might want to take a look at a Linksys WRT54G or GS.

What I do is this: I run an OpenVPN tunnel between my laptop (Window$ and GNU/Linux) and my all-purpose Linux server. On the server end I use Shorewall to configure my Netfilter/IPTables firewall. The important thing is to think of a wireless network as an untrusted network, just like the Internet.

There are a bunch of little things that you could do to improve security. I would need more info or to help you. If you wish to write to me off-list, I will offer some suggestions.

____________________________________________
Openvpn-users mailing list
Openvpn-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users