[geeks] VPN Help needed...

[Phil Stracchino]

Dan Sikorski wrote:
> Phil Stracchino wrote:
>> Actually, this *is* a problem with many third-party VPN solutions,
>> including some used by some major corporations -- you can access the
>> corporate network of the public Internet, but not both at once.  Using
>> browser proxy configuration combined with an SSH tunnel, it'll be
>> totally transparent and Just Work.
>>
>>   
> Based on the original poster saying that he needs minimal setup on the 
> client machines, why not just use HTTPS?  That way you avoid remote 
> clients having access to the network, they only have access to what they 
> need, and the only client setup necessary is giving them a URL.  Or did 
> I miss something in the original post (i read it quickly and deleted it) 
> that makes this impossible?

Yeah, I had that thought myself, but assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that
there was some reason why this was not considered an acceptable solution.



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