[PLUG] Need Help "SSH through VPN"

[drew wymore]

On 3/6/07, Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com> wrote:
>
> On Monday 05 March 2007 15:09, Jenifer Chung wrote:
> > Hi Drew,
> >
> > Yes, the Network Admin guy setup the VPN web page. The VPN gear is
> Juniper
> > SA-4000 SSL-VPN.
> >
> > Jeni
>
> I suspect, from wading through the voluminous but largely content-free
> documentation on their Web site, that this is not a true VPN, but an SSL
> portal, because it claims "No client-software deployments." A true VPN
> requires that both server and client authenticate to each other. The vast
> majority of commercial SSL VPNs are not VPNs at all, but prettified Web
> browsers that allow arbitrary clients to login. Call me old-fashioned and
> grumpy, but the idea of letting users log in from public terminals or any
> old
> PC that you have no control over is insane, and paying tens of thousands
> of
> dollars for the privilege- well, there are no words. (keyloggers, anyone?
> spyware? sheeesh)
>
> So I'm guessing that you're SOL, because it's not a real VPN tunnel at
> all. A
> real VPN doesn't require a Web browser for access. Think of it as a
> virtual
> private Ethernet cable transporting and protecting your bits over hostile
> networks.
>
> This is a very good paper on the subject:
> OpenVPN and the SSL VPN Revolution, by Charlie Hosner
> http://www.sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/vpns/
>
> In conclusion, sites that don't use OpenVPN are too dumb to be in
> business.
> Because even if this a real SSL-based VPN, it's stupid to spend wads of
> money
> when a superior free product like OpenVPN is available.
>
> --


Thats the line of thinking I was going for but was trying to get as much
info from the OP to find out what the deal was.

Drew-