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Re: Networking book recommendation



Tom Browder wrote: 
> On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 16:07 David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > On 5/5/22 12:31, john doe wrote:
> >
> > > At the time I set up this, I googled this subject and came to the
> > > conclusion that SSH through VPN was a better fit (flexibility, two
> > > layers of security, VPN advantages when connecting on public wifi) for
> > me.
> 
> 
> The only experience with VPN I've had was when I was working from home back
> in 2010 running Debian on a company laptop and a kludge Cisco VPN program
> that somehow "just worked."
> 
> If I go the pfsense/Netgate route (it has a VPN capability) what client do
> I use on my Debian hosts both internal and external?

Wireguard is now built in to the kernel (dkms module prior to
bullseye). It is the easiest to configure, being slightly easier
than SSH, and by far the fastest/most CPU efficient.

sudo apt install wireguard-tools

will get you the userland parts.

-dsr-


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