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Carl, I since I use Windows for the majority of my work at home (can't afford a mac), I use Remote Desktop to get into my network. You simply have to secure your Windows installation with a password, and have Windows XP/Vista/7 Professional or better. You can turn it on by right-clicking on My Computer, going to properties, and then using the Remote tab. Just point port 3389 to your Windows machine from your Firewall, and you should be set. If you are on Windows 7, you can also force encrypted connections to your machine. Using this method, you will not only tunnel all of your traffic back home, but you will also benefit of having a constant session wherever you are. There are Windows and Mac clients available directly from Microsoft. There are also clients available for the iPad/iOS and Android based devices. If you are looking for just a simple VPN solution, you can always flash your home router with DD-WRT (depending on your model of router, this can either be very simple, or a very complex process), and use an IPSEC VPN client to route your traffic back. You would just turn off the 'split tunneling' option, which will force all traffic to go over your home network. -Nick -----Original Message----- From: Carl Raymond [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 3:24 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [MSUNAG] Using the campus VPN more broadly 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/