Opinion: Best VPN to use with Fedora/Windows

[James Wilkinson]

Kevin Fries wrote:
> OK, maybe I am simplifying things a bit more than I should be, so let me
> ask:
> 
> My conceptual understanding of VPN was that computerA needs access to
> NetworkB as if it were located on the physical network even though it is
> somewhere else.

That's one option.

The one we mainly use at work looks like this:

Main Site                            Remote Site
192.168.1.0      <--- VPN --->       192.168.2.0

Essentially, we have a conventional routed network. It's just that the
traffic goes over an encrypted channel.

We used to do this over a leased line, a "private network" (as opposed
to the public Internet).

Now we use encryption, encapsulation, and the Internet to achieve the
same effect. It's a virtual "private network".

Hope this helps,

James.

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