Has anyone ever set up Amanda to work through a VPN as an alternative to 
working correctly through a firewall? I'm not sure a VPN is even the right tool 
to use. 

I'm so frustrated with our networking group, which implements a single change 
in the firewall, then requires that we wait until the next morning to make a 
second trial if the first one doesn't work. I believe that no one really 
thorough understands the firewall software, an Elron CommandView firewall, 
which seems to be out of production. The last mention I can find of it through 
Google dates to 1999. Links to their website redirect to zixcorp.com.

Consequently, I'm exploring other options to get Amanda to work through or 
around this firewall. The first I thought of was a VPN. However, I only know 
what I've read about VPNs; I've never set one up or worked with it. Would a VPN 
work? Is it the right tool to use, short of getting the firewall to work 
properly in the first place? Any recommendation on specific VPN solutions to 
use? Anyone done this before? I tried searching on 'vpn' in this list's 
archives, but didn't turn up anything.

Thanks for all your help and suggestions.

-Kevin Zembower

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E. Kevin Zembower
Internet Systems Group manager
Johns Hopkins University
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Center for Communications Programs
111 Market Place, Suite 310
Baltimore, MD  21202
410-659-6139