OT: Using secured connection. ssh or VPN appliance?

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Lerebours, Jose wrote:

> Howdy!
>
> Faced with this question, I wonder which would be
> more cost effective in the long run.  VPN appliances
> are not exactly cheap and they are limited to number
> of users and it involves the hassle of installing client
> side VPN software.
>
> I would much rather deal with limiting access based on IPs
> and using something like ssh on both unix box and remote
> client.  Of course, Anzio handles the client side.  Is
> there anything to the unix box beyond installing ssh?

Installing the SSH daemon (sshd) on the server is fairly easy. It is quite
configurable, through the sshd_config file. You can use AllowHosts to
specify what hosts (clients) will be allowed to connect.

In an SSH connection, you get terminal emulation, including passthrough
print. With AnzioWin in SSH mode, you also get "backchannel printing".

If you needed other forms of access, such as file sharing, you would
probably be pushed more toward a VPN.

However, it is possible to reroute other network connections through the
SSH connection, using a technique called port forwarding. But Anzio does
not yet support this.

Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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