VPN - question [dissertation/project]

[si-skyline]

Hi guys,

I was wondering if you could give me your thoughts on VPN. I am covering this for my final year dissertation at university.
I am investigating some different protocols and was interested in getting a feel for what people use if they do.

the main thing I was wanting to know is,

Do you use it?
If so what type do you use?


e.g.
PPTP
IPSEC
L2TP
SSL/SSH

I dont mind if its for home or work and you dont have to mention what the VPN is for so you can keep your secret things secret :whistler:

Any information would help greatly for my project :)

Cheers,
Simon

[Yeticorn]

Yes, I use it. I use SSH usually to tunnel into boxes at work. What information would you like to know?

[si-skyline]

Thats pritty much it :) im wanting to know what type of VPN services they use. of course if i can get enought responces from here and other places I can use it as everdence in my dissertation.

Like I use SSH to get back home, but then for work I use IPSEC and sometimes use the hamachi product to vpn to friends to have lan games over then net :P

[Yeticorn]

I would suggest turning this into a poll perhaps :P

[crenn]

I use SSH while out and about to log into my little linux NAS (It's 200MHz.... very slow, but it works) for mainly IRC, but also use it to remotely wake up my computers if needed or to remotely connect to them via RDC.

[si-skyline]

I would suggest turning this into a poll perhaps :P

Thats a smart looking comment :lol: :facepalm: I dont think I can edit the post now :/

Crenn is that irc to send commands or are you hosting a channel on it? sounds interesting either way.

Cheers :)