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Old 09-24-2002, 06:53 AM   #1
gilinko
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VPN with a proxy(any suggestions)


Hi.

Haven't been around this board for ages, glad to still see it alive and kicking.

I have a nut to crack, I was wondering if anyone has an idea.

I have a laptop with wlan. It accepts DHCP, and is used in three different networks(home, work, a public network@school). I'm using this laptop a my primary comp. for development and so on(mostly web/php).
I also have one linux machine(area51) witch has a static ip on the web. The development I doing is @ work, and when I'm using my laptop with DHCP within the worplace I can access our developent webserver. At home(on area51) I also have access to the develpoment webservers by the sysadms have given my IP access to their server(hosts.allow etc.).

What I want to do is to get the laptop as my primary developent comp. and the problem is that it uses DHCP, and then I cant access the webdevelopent servers via the browser.

What I'm thinkin(don't know if it's possible) is to have a VPN with my linux box, and then running a proxy on that, so whenever I try to access the web from the computer it has a VPN connection to my linux box, and send the request from that box. I don't wnat a totaly open proxy so it accepts any connection, but goes in a encrypted tunnel.

FYI: The laptop runs WinXP, and this I can't change(companys laptop)

Any Ideas/totaly obvius things I have missed or thing that might work, please post them here.

/gilinko
 
Old 09-25-2002, 05:45 AM   #2
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Would the idea of using an ssh client work for you?
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

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Peter
 
  


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