[KLUG Members] Secure access options.

[Richard Zimmerman]

> We are adding a new warehouse in Florida.  We are also adding a couple
> of people (as individuals) in other states.  My initial thought was to
> connect the Florida to Indiana with FreeSwan to connect network to
> network.  We have an ACHES Unix box that the salesmen need to access
> from their laptops.  I was thinking SSH tunneling using Putty.  Anyone
> have any suggestions for improvement? Do any dialup services have issues
> implementing such a solution?  I want to do this without paying for a
> PVC hosted by telco.  Thanks for your input.

   You guys hiring for the Florida Warehouse? :-) (actually if yes contact me 
OFF LIST)

   Seriously, I'm not quite sure this is the answer your looking for but I 
have used WinSCP to move files to / from my desktop to remote dialup ssh 
servers without issues. I use dns2go.com to create a virtual dns address and 
connect to that. Being your going from the field to the office, don't see why 
that would not work. Putty on text screens work just as well.

   I would caution that long file transfers tend to puke really bad if the 
connection isn't particularly good.

   Actually connecting network to network, haven't had the chance to mess 
with that as it's not needed here :-(

Richard