VPN and SCO OpenServer

[Willy Gilligan]

I am currently working with a customer that would like to implement a dialup
VPN connection from on SCO OpenServer box to a remote SCO OpenServer box for
periodic file transfers. I am not that familiar with the SCO product (more
of a linux person), does anyone know of a VPN server and/or VPN client
(preferably software based) that would work. I found some limited
information on SCO's site about the Internet Security Package, does it have
the necessary functionality.

Thanks,

Wayne Jones

[Evan Hunt]

Don't blame me, I voted for "Willy Gilligan" <fwj...@rocketmail.com>.

Morning Star PPP can act as a VPN client and server. Essentially you
configure PPP to connect via a tcp socket or a telnet connection, instead
of a conventional serial-port/modem connection. Then you use the "gw-crypt"
option on both ends to encrypt the traffic over the tunnel.

This isn't compatible with PPTP or any other VPN standard, but it does
work.

I can't remember whether you need special licensing to use "gw-crypt".
You may need to have an Internet Security Package license, or you may
not; I'm really not sure.

--
Evan Hunt - evanh at sco dot com

"The wages of sin are death. But after taxes are taken out,
it's just a sort of tired feeling." - Paula Poundstone

[-bill-]

Why would you want a VPN for a _dial-up_ connection ?
It is already private.
--

-bill-

Technical Service Systems - bi...@TechServSys.com

[-bill-]

Evan,
How would one find out in special licensing is needed ?
--

-bill-

Technical Service Systems - bi...@TechServSys.com

[Evan Hunt]

Don't blame me, I voted for -bill- <bi...@TechServSys.com>.

> How would one find out in special licensing is needed ?

I just looked it up in the source, which I should have thought
to do before posting yesterday. You do need an additional license,
which comes with the Internet Security Package. You can download
an evaluation copy from www2.sco.com/downloads.

[Huy Vu]

But can you login to SCO Box over internet with VPN or not?
I'm curious how VPN working on SCO. I know how to setup MSPPTP to work with
VPN.

H.V

Evan Hunt <ev...@sco.COM> wrote in message
news:7o7mvi$aln$1...@hobbes.sco.com...

>
> Don't blame me, I voted for "Willy Gilligan" <fwj...@rocketmail.com>.
> >I am currently working with a customer that would like to implement a
dialup
> >VPN connection from on SCO OpenServer box to a remote SCO OpenServer box
for
> >periodic file transfers. I am not that familiar with the SCO product
(more
> >of a linux person), does anyone know of a VPN server and/or VPN client
> >(preferably software based) that would work. I found some limited
> >information on SCO's site about the Internet Security Package, does it
have
> >the necessary functionality.
>
> Morning Star PPP can act as a VPN client and server. Essentially you
> configure PPP to connect via a tcp socket or a telnet connection, instead
> of a conventional serial-port/modem connection. Then you use the
"gw-crypt"
> option on both ends to encrypt the traffic over the tunnel.
>
> This isn't compatible with PPTP or any other VPN standard, but it does
> work.
>
> I can't remember whether you need special licensing to use "gw-crypt".
> You may need to have an Internet Security Package license, or you may
> not; I'm really not sure.
>

[Evan Hunt]

Don't blame me, I voted for "Huy Vu" <hu...@usa.net>.

>But can you login to SCO Box over internet with VPN or not?
>I'm curious how VPN working on SCO. I know how to setup MSPPTP to work with
>VPN.

A VPN is a virtual network; to an application it appears no different
from any other network connection. You can do anything over a VPN that
you could do over a regular network, including telnet and rlogin.