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# The VPN HOWTO

## Arpad Magosanyi <mag@bunuel.tii.matav.hu> v0.2,7 Aug1997

v0.3, 2001-12-01

Archived Document Notice: This document has been archived by the LDP because it does not apply to modern Linux systems. It is no longer being actively maintained.

## 1. Changes

## 2. Blurb

- 2.1 Copyright
- 2.2 Disclaimer
- 2.3 Disclaimer
- 2.4 Credits
- 2.5 State of this document
- 2.6 Related documentations

## 3. Introduction

- 3.1 Naming conventions

## 4. Doing it

- 4.1 Planning
- 4.2 Gathering the tools
- 4.3 Compile and install
- 4.4 Configure the other subsystems
- 4.5 Set up the accounts for the VPN
- 4.6 Generate an ssh key for your master account
- 4.7 Set up automatic ssh login for the slave account
- 4.8 Tighten ssh security on the bastions.
- 4.9 Enable execution of ppp and route for both accounts.
- 4.10 Do the scripting

## 5. Look at what's happening:

## 6. Doing it by hand.

- 6.1 Logging in
- 6.2 Firing up ppp
- 6.3 Together the two
- 6.4 Pty redirecting
- 6.5 Is anything on the device?
- 6.6 Setting up the routes

## 7. Tuning

- 7.1 Configuration tuning
- 7.2 Bandwith vs. cicles

## 8. Vulnerability analisis

- 8.1 About the ppp over ssh VPN technique

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