28 Jul
2014
28 Jul
'14
3:10 p.m.
44net-request(a)hamradio.ucsd.edu wrote:
Subject:
Re: [44net] VPN or Gatwaying without control of NAT router WAS: 44Net Digest, Vol 3,
Issue 118
From:
Eric Fort <eric.fort(a)gmail.com>
Date:
07/28/2014 06:16 AM
To:
AMPRNet working group <44net(a)hamradio.ucsd.edu>
thanks geoff. I did login and look it up, then sent it on. looks
like this subnet will finally be coming online..... even if packets
need to route via romania on their way here! those in the us, really
ought pitch in and find some isp willing to bgp announce for us in
exchange for a moderate fee for hosting a vpn concentrator for the
announced subnets. with the low expected traffic usage it "shouldn't"
be that costly to do. anyone know a friendly us based isp?
Please note that there is no relation whatsoever between announcing via BGP and
offering an OpenVPN or other VPN access instead of IPIP tunnels.
Those are two completely ortogonal subjects. It is possible to setup an OpenVPN
or other VPN access on a gateway that is connected to others via IPIP tunnels, that
is what I have now. And it is possible to have a BGP announced gateway that does
not offer OpenVPN. And it is possible to combine the two.
You can setup an OpenVPN access system that operates as a normal IPIP gateway
on any of the low-cost virtual servers that you can get everywhere today. No need
for ISP cooperation or BGP routing. Just get a Linux virtual server, install a couple
of packages, configure them, and there you go.
Rob