New subject: 44Net Digest, Vol 3, Issue 117

26 Jul 2014

44net-request(a)hamradio.ucsd.edu wrote:
...
  Subject:
 Re: [44net] getting a debian wheezy host connected to 44net
 From:
 Eric Fort &lt;eric.fort(a)gmail.com&gt;
 Date:
 07/26/2014 06:42 PM

 To:
 AMPRNet working group &lt;44net(a)hamradio.ucsd.edu&gt;

 ok it seems everyone is missing the point of the question here.  see
 my threaded comments below:

 On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 3:41 AM, Marius Petrescu&lt;marius(a)yo2loj.ro&gt;  wrote:
  >(Please trim inclusions from previous
messages)
 >_______________________________________________
 >Eric,
 >
 >Actually you can use any stateful VPN tunnel: OpenVPN, PPtP, L2TP, SSTP etc.
 >OpenVPN is kind of complicated to set up (certifcates and other details).
 >
 >The idea is to initiate the connection from the dynamic IP to a static IP,
 >and reconnect on IP change from the new dynamc IP.
 >
 >I personally favor PPtP or L2TP (optional with MPPE encryption), since this
 >protocol is supported by almost any OS (Windows, Mac, Linux) and is light on
 >the processor.
 >  yes I get that the tunnel type is mostly irrelevant and I'm pretty
 agnostic as to it's type as hey I could tunnel over dns, http, or even
 icmp if I had  to.  The question is tunnel to where?  If I had a box
 somewhere with a static endpoint / static ip address a big part of
 this question would not be being asked and yes, I'd use it as a vpn
 server - problem solved.  at present, I do not have that luxury.

 is there no possible way to connect hosts to amprnet that are behind a
 nat firewall router that has a dynamic public ip without the use of a
 (my own) vpn server with a static ip placed elsewhere?

 Eric
 It depends on where you are and what kind of address you want to have.
Here in the Netherlands I have just setup an OpenVPN server that can be used for this
for addresses within 44.137.0.0/16.   Anyone with such an address can just mail me and
I'll
send them a certificate and example config file.

I plan to enable PPTP, L2TP/IPsec and IPsec as well as demand arises.

There is an OpenVPN service in Finland as well, see
http://wiki.ampr.org/index.php/AMPRNet_VPN
I think they are open for registration from anywhere (not just Finland).

Of course best is when you start a server in your own area.

Rob

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