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You could use a plug computer with amahi software for your gui. Amahi is a web based gui front-end, that you can either install or it can be installed with a VPN plug-in based on OpenVPN which supports more platforms then just MacOS or Windows, i believe it also includes linux, xBSD, android and iOS. (if you want to support your cell phone too.). Plug computers are embedded linux systems on the ARM architecture. The use very little power (10w max, like .1w when idle), probably less then your current wireless router. They pay for themselves with the energy savings in a couple of years versus a home server. They are 100-250 dollars include bluetooth, wireless (b/G), ethernet, USB, and some have two nic ports and Sata or eSata connections. The include hardware encryption for like sha, des, etc., a vector processing unit, etc. Guruplug, and open-rd platforms were the ones I was looking at because of the SATA interface (and open-rd has video out and a 12v input so you can just use a car battery for your UPS, but it costs more nor is it meant to be a server.) The PogoPlug is the EZ cloud computing with a monthly service charge. I couldnt figure out if you could use it as a VPN without completely hacking it. Quoting Carl Raymond <[log in to unmask]>: > I'm not getting any less paranoid as I get ready to start gently beginning > to approach middle age, and I have decided I don't want to do much of > anything online over an unsecured WiFi network. Now with Firefox plugins > like Firesheep it's all too easy to snoop browser cookies. So I want to use > a VPN pretty much all the time. > The MSU VPN protects traffic to and from MSU destinations only (right?). > Is it possible to use the MSU VPN on all my traffic, by changing the default > route? Specifically, is this allowed, and will it work? I can see why that > might be against policy, because of the extra traffic load. > If that's not an option, can anyone recommend a simple appliance that I > can install at home for this? I'd much prefer an out-of-the-box solution, > provided it's not crazy expensive. But if I have to I can find an old > vacuum cleaner and install Linux on it, or get a Linksys router and use > DD-WRT. But six months from now I bet I won't remember all the details. > > Any recommendations? Oh yeah: it needs to work with both Windows and OS > X. > > -- > Carl Raymond > Software Developer > University Outreach & Engagement > Michigan State University > Kellogg Center, Garden Level > East Lansing, MI 48824-1022 > > [log in to unmask] > (517) 353-8977 > http://outreach.msu.edu/ >