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Using having broadband trigger a dial-up connection
I've got a little brainbuster that hopefully one of you geniuses will just know off the top of your head.
I have been happily using PDAnet to get my Treo600 to provide internet access to my laptop while I'm in the local cafe's, etc. However, I now have to admin a few networks, Lotus Notes and Linux to be precise, which are only accessible by dial-up for security purposes.
Of course, I can have the Treo manually dial the #, but so long as I'm not using Sprint's wireless network, and dialing manually, I'm paying $.01/kB. Not such a great deal if I have to actually use TightVNC to do manual demonstrations, updates, or settings changes, or pass more than just log updates back and forth.
Now I know that one can send a FAX over broadband and have it reach a service which then sends the signal over regular phone lines to a fax machine on the other end, and vice-versa, but is there a way to set up an SSL tunnel to my home server which can then redirect through a direct dial-up connection to the target machine, keeping a steady, secure, encrypted link.
Notes has a server-passthru system that I'm pretty sure will do that as I want, so long as I'm staying in the Notes environment. But I'm not sure how to get to the JUST the Linux environment. I know I can VNC into the server over broadband, and then manually to a dial-up, but that would be a LOT less efficient than just finding a way to just route the connection without having to engage the server's X-windows, or even command environment.
Any ideas? Is this just a simple OpenVPN, or TightVNC function that I've missed? If so, where's a good place to start? If not, what might I be able to utilize to achieve these goals?
Thanks in advance,
Sam
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