Information about VPN

[Michael Hipp]

Jesus Antonio Santos Giraldo wrote:
> Once a tunnel is established then the remote computer behaves as if were 
> connected to the enterprise LAN isn't it?
> 
> So I can access a computer at my company with VNC?
> 
> Could I use FreeNX instead of VNC, once the tunnel get created?

VPNs generally work in 1 of 2 ways:
a) allow access to one host
b) allow access to the LAN

The answer to both questions would be yes for #b. It would be tougher for #a.

Michael