[ale] VPN connections at Emory

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Tue Jan 22 11:29:40 EST 2013


The end result was, the wired connection from the podium allowed a full VPN
connection out to my lab setup at work.

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Brian MacLeod <nym.bnm at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 1/17/13 12:28 PM, arxaaron wrote:
> > On 2013/01/17, at 11:41 , Jim Kinney wrote:
> >
> >> What was the final consensus on VPN usage from the ALE-Central
> >> meeting space? I would MUCH prefer to show real virtualization
> >> rather than screen shots.
> >
> > My understanding is that the podium hardwire connection does not
> > have any firewall restrictions.
> >
> > Perhaps Brian McLeod (cc) could weigh in on this as I think he was
> > using VPN in one of his recent presentations.
>
>
> Sorry about the late response, I have been on a ship the past few days.
>
> Emory Guest allegedly allows VPN connectivity, but using Cisco
> AnyConnect and its ilk yields at best a 10 minute usable connection
> before termination. I have not seen an out of the box configuration of
> any VPN product work on the Emory Guest network.
>
> However, using OpenVPN on TCP 443 does work, and while this is less
> than optimal for OpenVPN, it works without interruption.  The
> filtering on Emory's wireless sees SSL traffic occurring on 443, and
> that's just fine with the rules in place.
>
> I have been using this the last couple times I have been at a meeting
> using VPSs (virtual private servers) that cost me a few dollars a
> year.  By doing that I don't make it as obvious I am doing something
> "bad" by directly connecting to a host Emory could figure out is a
> home connection, and, I get better uptime and connection speeds with
> the VPS anyway.
>
> It would not surprise me that the podium connection is unfiltered.  It
> will also probably not surprise you that I would recommend NOT
> connecting anything with Windows on it to that connection.  Unfiltered
> means it is unfiltered both ways, and I seem to remember Emory hands
> out non-NAT'ed IPs on those connections.  You get the picture.
>
> Brian
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