VPN HOWTO

• Index
• Introduction
• Why I wrote this HOWTO
• Acknowledgements and Thanks
• Format of this document
• Legal Information
• Document History
• Related Documents
• Theory
• What is a VPN?
• But really, what IS a VPN?
• So how does it work?
• SSH and PPP
• Alternative VPN Systems
• Server
• Security - keeping people out
• User Access - letting people in
• Restricting Users
• Networking
• Client
• The Kernel
• Bring up the link
• Scripting
• LRP - Linux Router Project
• Implementation
• Planning
• Gather the tools
• Server: Build the kernel
• Server: Configure Networking
• Server: Configure pppd
• Server: Configure sshd
• Server: Set up user accounts
• Add vpn-users group
• create the vpn-users home directory
• The .ssh directory
• Adding users
• Server: Administration
• Client: Build the kernel
• Client: Configure Networking
• Client: Configure pppd
• Client: Configure ssh
• Client: Bring up the connection
• Client: Set the routes
• Client: Scripting
• Addenda
• Pitfalls
• Hardware and Software Requirements