[PLUG] webex or gotomypc equivalent service

[Galen Seitz]

Kurt Sussman <plug at merlot.com> wrote:

> Keith Morse (kgmorse at mpcu.com) typed this ...
> > I'm wondering if any list members have heard of a OSS project that
> > replicates this functionality?  I've been doing a good deal of free tech
> > support with relatives and friends on their their MS Windows based
> > pc's.  It would be nice if I could gain access to their desktop rather
> > than having them verbally relay what they see.
> 
> Have you heard of the Hamachi VPN software? It's not OS, but it's free
> and it runs on the big three platforms. There is a posting in the forum
> on how to tunnel VNC through it.
> 
>   www.hamachi.cc
> 

The latest release of openssh, version 4.3, contains experimental support
for VPNs.

 * Add support for tunneling arbitrary network packets over a
   connection between an OpenSSH client and server via tun(4) virtual
   network interfaces. This allows the use of OpenSSH (4.3+) to create
   a true VPN between the client and server providing real network
   connectivity at layer 2 or 3. This feature is experimental and is 
   currently supported on OpenBSD, Linux, NetBSD (IPv4 only) and 
   FreeBSD. Other operating systems with tun/tap interface capability 
   may be added in future portable OpenSSH releases. Please refer to 
   the README.tun file in the source distribution for further details
   and usage examples.


galen