Comments on: Episode 605 – Three VPN Servers and a Kindle Console http://www.hak5.org/episodes/episode-605 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:00:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Soupman http://www.hak5.org/episodes/episode-605/comment-page-1#comment-41113 Soupman Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:31:35 +0000 http://www.hak5.org/?p=1399#comment-41113 Great episode as always. Can anybody tell me where the options for setting up the pptp vpn in windows 7 are? Would be very gratefull! Great episode as always. Can anybody tell me where the options for setting up the pptp vpn in windows 7 are? Would be very gratefull!

]]> By: Ric C. http://www.hak5.org/episodes/episode-605/comment-page-1#comment-39131 Ric C. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:55:24 +0000 http://www.hak5.org/?p=1399#comment-39131 Great show! I like the VPN topic a lot. The thing is not a lot of us don't run a dedicated home server... I have heard about a way to essentially turn a Linksys WRT-54G router into a VPN server with OpenVPN, by flashing the router with DD-WRT and running some simple scripts. To me this seems the utmost of elegance, a stand-alone VPN device that a road warrior can access from the road. The router stays on all the time anyway so it ends up playing on the "green", save the earth stuff, by not keeping a home server churning away 24-7. It'd also be easy enough that people can use free wi-fi safely by tunneling securely out to the net from back at their house while on the road. Who needs to pay for Hotspot VPN and other such pay solutions? Can you look into this??? Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great show!

I like the VPN topic a lot. The thing is not a lot of us don’t run a dedicated home server… I have heard about a way to essentially turn a Linksys WRT-54G router into a VPN server with OpenVPN, by flashing the router with DD-WRT and running some simple scripts.

To me this seems the utmost of elegance, a stand-alone VPN device that a road warrior can access from the road. The router stays on all the time anyway so it ends up playing on the “green”, save the earth stuff, by not keeping a home server churning away 24-7.

It’d also be easy enough that people can use free wi-fi safely by tunneling securely out to the net from back at their house while on the road. Who needs to pay for Hotspot VPN and other such pay solutions?

Can you look into this???

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Bob http://www.hak5.org/episodes/episode-605/comment-page-1#comment-38854 Bob Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:28:58 +0000 http://www.hak5.org/?p=1399#comment-38854 Just a note about the Kindle DX and PDF conversion. Since Kindle 2 and Kindle DX are virtually the same thing with the exception of native PDF support on the DX. However, with Kindle 2 (as mentioned in the previous episode) you have the option to send an email with an attachment to @free.kindle.com and they will convert it to the Kindle format and email it back to you. This process of course works with Kindle2 or DX. What Amazon does NOT tell you is that for the Kindle DX, they will not convert a PDF that is emailed to @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com. The reasoning I have been given by tech support is because of course DX supports PDFs natively. However, as a native PDF file, you do not have many of the cool features such as Text Zooming, Wikipedia lookups, note taking and highlighting, etc. I could not find this documented ANYWHERE that states if you own a Kindle DX, you have NO option to have Amazon convert PDFs for you!! Very frustrating - pay premium for DX and not have this documented anywhere. Of course MobiPocket Creator can convert PDFs to MOBI which will support these additional features, however, I mainly use my KindleDX for reading technology books. When I try and convert these PDFs, it looks like I ran a nicely formatted PDF through a garbage disposal and makes a mess of it trying to read it. Arrrggggg!! Bob Just a note about the Kindle DX and PDF conversion. Since Kindle 2 and Kindle DX are virtually the same thing with the exception of native PDF support on the DX. However, with Kindle 2 (as mentioned in the previous episode) you have the option to send an email with an attachment to @free.kindle.com and they will convert it to the Kindle format and email it back to you. This process of course works with Kindle2 or DX. What Amazon does NOT tell you is that for the Kindle DX, they will not convert a PDF that is emailed to @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com. The reasoning I have been given by tech support is because of course DX supports PDFs natively. However, as a native PDF file, you do not have many of the cool features such as Text Zooming, Wikipedia lookups, note taking and highlighting, etc.

I could not find this documented ANYWHERE that states if you own a Kindle DX, you have NO option to have Amazon convert PDFs for you!! Very frustrating – pay premium for DX and not have this documented anywhere. Of course MobiPocket Creator can convert PDFs to MOBI which will support these additional features, however, I mainly use my KindleDX for reading technology books. When I try and convert these PDFs, it looks like I ran a nicely formatted PDF through a garbage disposal and makes a mess of it trying to read it.

Arrrggggg!!

Bob

]]> By: Hak5 – Technolust since 2005 » Episode 605 – Three VPN Servers and … » ??? http://www.hak5.org/episodes/episode-605/comment-page-1#comment-38769 Hak5 – Technolust since 2005 » Episode 605 – Three VPN Servers and … » ??? Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:15:52 +0000 http://www.hak5.org/?p=1399#comment-38769 [...] Read the rest here: Hak5 – Technolust since 2005 » Episode 605 – Three VPN Servers and … [...]

]]> By: Marthy http://www.hak5.org/episodes/episode-605/comment-page-1#comment-38747 Marthy Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:29:09 +0000 http://www.hak5.org/?p=1399#comment-38747 You need to use a breakout board to reduce bad connections or soldering mistakes in the kindle segment. I think it would make your life/ mod a lot easier. You need to use a breakout board to reduce bad connections or soldering mistakes in the kindle segment. I think it would make your life/ mod a lot easier.

]]> By: Martin http://www.hak5.org/episodes/episode-605/comment-page-1#comment-38670 Martin Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:02:42 +0000 http://www.hak5.org/?p=1399#comment-38670 Francois: You're going to love OpenVPN-AS. One radio box in the web admin interface (VPN Settings, Routing, Should client Internet traffic be routed through the VPN?) is all it takes to turn on the kind of functionality you were tearing your hair out to get. It takes a combination of client and server configuration magic to make this "bridging" work. Darren glossed over this a bit, but he did show it, and it works awesomely. The other VPNs shown also route all traffic over the VPN. Passivekid: I did set this up on my VPS in the UK (I'm in the US) and it is working well. :) Francois: You’re going to love OpenVPN-AS. One radio box in the web admin interface (VPN Settings, Routing, Should client Internet traffic be routed through the VPN?) is all it takes to turn on the kind of functionality you were tearing your hair out to get. It takes a combination of client and server configuration magic to make this “bridging” work. Darren glossed over this a bit, but he did show it, and it works awesomely. The other VPNs shown also route all traffic over the VPN.

Passivekid: I did set this up on my VPS in the UK (I’m in the US) and it is working well. :)

]]> By: Kirk http://www.hak5.org/episodes/episode-605/comment-page-1#comment-38603 Kirk Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:45:28 +0000 http://www.hak5.org/?p=1399#comment-38603 I'd love to see a segment on setting up OpenVPN on a Linksys WRT54G. I've successfully installed DD-WRT on a WRT54GL (with the OpenVPN modules), but all the OpenVPN config stuff is new to me. I’d love to see a segment on setting up OpenVPN on a Linksys WRT54G. I’ve successfully installed DD-WRT on a WRT54GL (with the OpenVPN modules), but all the OpenVPN config stuff is new to me.

]]> By: Francois Faubert http://www.hak5.org/episodes/episode-605/comment-page-1#comment-38566 Francois Faubert Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:41:28 +0000 http://www.hak5.org/?p=1399#comment-38566 I installed OpenVPN on my Ubuntu machine at home and through much blood and sweat (not really the sysadmin type) I made it work. However I realized that I don't send all my traffic through the VPN when browsing when I'm using it -- which was part of the whole point. I tried uncommenting the statement in my server.conf file, but then I'd lose my internet connection even if my shares still worked. I don't know what I did wrong, but it's something with my iptables for sure. Soooo, all this to say that I loved the episode. And if you do continue explaining OpenVPN, please take your time when it comes to setting up that part ;) I installed OpenVPN on my Ubuntu machine at home and through much blood and sweat (not really the sysadmin type) I made it work.

However I realized that I don’t send all my traffic through the VPN when browsing when I’m using it — which was part of the whole point. I tried uncommenting the statement in my server.conf file, but then I’d lose my internet connection even if my shares still worked.

I don’t know what I did wrong, but it’s something with my iptables for sure.

Soooo, all this to say that I loved the episode. And if you do continue explaining OpenVPN, please take your time when it comes to setting up that part ;)

]]> By: Sc00bz http://www.hak5.org/episodes/episode-605/comment-page-1#comment-38534 Sc00bz Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:57:21 +0000 http://www.hak5.org/?p=1399#comment-38534 Is there a reason that the answer to trivia questions are always C. Is there a reason that the answer to trivia questions are always C.

]]> By: passivekid http://www.hak5.org/episodes/episode-605/comment-page-1#comment-38527 passivekid Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:42:13 +0000 http://www.hak5.org/?p=1399#comment-38527 I might setup OpenVPN Access on my remote VPS in the USA. :) I might setup OpenVPN Access on my remote VPS in the USA. :)

]]> By: passivekid http://www.hak5.org/episodes/episode-605/comment-page-1#comment-38525 passivekid Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:38:08 +0000 http://www.hak5.org/?p=1399#comment-38525 Can we get a listing of your C:\tools directory? :D Can we get a listing of your C:\tools directory? :D

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