Is there any chance that the VPN feature of the client can be ported to Windows (such that even non-Cygwin Windows programs would be able to use it) any time in the near future? It seems like many people would find this feature useful on Windows. If not, is there any other way to accomplish the OpenSSH VPN thing with other free tools? Thanks,
On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 02:26:45PM -0700, foo wrote:> Is there any chance that the VPN feature of the client can be > ported to Windows (such that even non-Cygwin Windows programs would > be able to use it) any time in the near future?I doubt it. OpenSSH is not easily portable to Win32.> It seems like many people would find this feature useful on > Windows. If not, is there any other way to accomplish the OpenSSH > VPN thing with other free tools?I would suggest looking into the free software tool OpenVPN at http://openvpn.net/ and the Win32 tool OpenVPNGUI at http://openvpn.se/ for a VPN software that works well on Win32. OpenVPNGUI even distribute an installer with everything needed for Win32. //Peter
> Is there any chance that the VPN feature of the client can be ported to > Windows (such that even non-Cygwin Windows programs would be able to use it) > any time in the near future? It seems like many people would find this > feature useful on Windows. If not, is there any other way to accomplish the > OpenSSH VPN thing with other free tools?You can kind of fake it using PuTTY with the judicious use of tunnels. http://souptonuts.sourceforge.net/sshtips.htm