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  1. Apr 7th, 2009, 10:31 AM #1
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    Vpn

    Is a VPN connection pretty much the same as a winsock control(VB6) client server connection, with added authentification rules?

    Anyone know of an easy to use free VPN client and server?
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    Re: Vpn

    Hey,

    I think I am right in saying that comparing a VPN to a winsock control would be wrong, there is a lot more to a VPN than that.

    Windows has a built in VPN Client that you can use to connect to a VPN Server. The solution that I use is ClarkConnect:

    http://www.clarkconnect.com/

    This is an all in one solution which also includes VPN. You can either have individual PC's connecting to the VPN, or you can do a network to network connection, this would include two ClarkConnect boxes at either side of the VON connection.

    I am sure that there are multiple other tools out there that do a similar job, but this is the only one that I have had dealing with.

    Hope that helps!!

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  3. Apr 8th, 2009, 01:32 AM #3
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    Re: Vpn

    A VPN is much more than a simple TCP connection. A VPN typically consists of a tunnel facilitated on both ends by routing rules and a virtual network interface which accepts packets bound for the other end of the tunnel and encapsulates them using encryption.

    Look at OpenVPN for a free (GPLv2) solution.
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