[HECnet] VPN?

[Zane H. Healy]

At 3:31 PM +0000 11/9/09, Sampsa Laine wrote:
I realise that at the moment there aren't many people involved that do not have static IPs but I think as time goes on consumer grade ISPs are going to start cutting back on the amount of IPs a residential customer can have.

With this in mind, might there be some mileage in setting up a VPN for HECnet use? This way we would not need to worry about whether we have public static IPs in the future (most VPNs are happy to work with DYNDNS etc) and it would also add a layer of security to HECnet without any   changes needed to the bridge etc.

I have to pay for a commercial line, and not simply the low-end commercial line, but a higher-grade one in order to get a static IP. That's part of why I have such a fast connection now.   Honestly between the cost of the commercial line and the added electricity use it really isn't worth what it's costing me each month to keep this going since I don't really have time to mess with such things.   :-(

Zane



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