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mwalling
Joined: 10 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject: [OT] Lightweight Alternative to OpenVPN |
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I was wondering if anyone knew of an alternative for OpenVPN for house <-> linode traffic. I've tried several times to install OpenVPN on my WRT54Gv1 (flashed with OpenWRT 7.09) and always run out of space installing OpenSSL.
Any recommendations? |
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SteveG
Joined: 30 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Stunnel maybe? (Don't know if it's actually smaller...but it's definitely harder to setup.) What I do is run OpenVPN on an internal host, not my router. It means extra routing setup if you want more than just that particular host to access the tunnel. |
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mwalling
Joined: 10 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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In the past I've run it on an internal box, but I'm trying to cut down on the number of machines I leave on all the time while I'm not home.
I'll look at stunnel (read: see if it will install with out ballooning out to the entire size of the flash :/) |
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stonacek
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
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Location: Waiheke Island, New Zealand
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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I found that PPTP with dd-wrt (on WRT54G) to the linode (pptpd) works nicely. It's easy to configure and small. Downside is the poor tunnel encryption, so I wouldn't suggest you use it for security reasons.
dd-wrt has built-in support for pptp and you can easily create the right routes and filters based on the ppp connection. I imagine openWRT would be similar. |
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