Re: VPN Hosting

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On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Dirk Michelsen wrote:

> Hello,
> I am currently investigating a new hosting service called "VPN hosting" and
> I am looking for help.
> 
> Is it possible to host multiple separate instances of freeswan on one
> computer in such a way,
> that each instance belonging to a different company can be used and
> administrated separately ?

Not really - since Linux only really has 1 routing table, you'd have 
to share it, meaning clients with the same IP address space couldn't 
co-exist.  This introduces a large security risk too.


> If not, is there a workaround ?

Either using UML (User Mode Linux) to have multiple linux "instances" 
running, or something like VMWare to do the same thing would work.


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Ken Bantoft                The Unoffical FreeS/WAN Site:
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frighten small children.	-- Linus Torvalds

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