Bristol Digest, Vol 548, Issue 3

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Today's Topics:

1. PDL package on Wheezy (Martin Moore)
2. Re: PDL package on Wheezy (Mark Einon)
3. VPN server and client for Android (David Smith)
4. Re: VPN server and client for Android (Alex Butcher)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 10:41:28 +0100
From: "Martin Moore" <martinm@it-helps.co.uk>
To: "'Bristol and Bath Linux User Group'" <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: [bristol] PDL package on Wheezy
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There isn't a PDL package available (it seems to have been pulled), and old
versions don't work.

Anyone got a clue why it was pulled/what's happening with it/how I can get a
working version. It's the only thing holding back my new servers.


Cheers,

Martin.




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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 10:45:12 +0100
From: Mark Einon <mark.einon@linux.com>
To: martinm@it-helps.co.uk, Bristol and Bath Linux User Group
<bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] PDL package on Wheezy
Message-ID: <20140501094512.GA4680@leicester.auvation.com>
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On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 10:41:28AM +0100, Martin Moore wrote:
> There isn't a PDL package available (it seems to have been pulled), and old
> versions don't work.
>
> Anyone got a clue why it was pulled/what's happening with it/how I can get a
> working version. It's the only thing holding back my new servers.

That sounds like a question that has a better chance of being answered on
the Debian users list:

https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/

Cheers,

Mark



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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 10:36:33 +0000
From: David Smith <David.Smith@imgtec.com>
To: "bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk" <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: [bristol] VPN server and client for Android
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Hi all,

I'm guessing there's probably some people here that have done this, so...

I have a small logging box at home which provides a web server interface that I need to access from my Android v4.0 phone. I'd like to be able to access it from outside (i.e. not from the internal network), but I don't really want to set up port forwarding due to the potential security issues. Therefore, I'd like to set up a VPN between my home network and my phone. Any suggestions on combinations of VPN server hardware/software and Android VPN app? I don't currently have a dedicated server on the network, so I'm more inclined towards specific hardware (and therefore lower power consumption) than setting up a full Linux PC just to get VPN functionality.

TIA...



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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 12:29:40 +0100 (BST)
From: Alex Butcher <lug@assursys.co.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] VPN server and client for Android
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On Thu, 1 May 2014, David Smith wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm guessing there's probably some people here that have done this, so...
>
> I have a small logging box at home which provides a web server interface
> that I need to access from my Android v4.0 phone. I'd like to be able to
> access it from outside (i.e. not from the internal network), but I don't
> really want to set up port forwarding due to the potential security
> issues. Therefore, I'd like to set up a VPN between my home network and
> my phone. Any suggestions on combinations of VPN server hardware/software
> and Android VPN app? I don't currently have a dedicated server on the
> network, so I'm more inclined towards specific hardware (and therefore
> lower power consumption) than setting up a full Linux PC just to get VPN
> functionality.

The Android end will be the limitation, so have a look on your device
(settings->Wireless & Network->More...->VPN) and see what options you have.

My Moto G offers PPTP, L2TP/IPSec and IPSec, and I'd ignore PPTP.
<https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/IPSEC_L2TP_vpn_on_a_Raspberry_Pi_with_Arch_Linux.html>
might be a good start...

> TIA...

HTH,
Alex



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