[dba-Tech] Extranet VPN for testing customers' web sites/web API solutions

Fri Aug 4 04:30:09 CDT 2017

Hi Jim --

<<< If I get my work done tonight, may spend a few hours setting the SoftEther VPN server on one of my servers....Linux or Windows? ;-) >>>

Good luck! What I have found strange is that pictures in SoftEther help docs on their VPN Server Admin program  didn't correspond significantly with wthat I have got installed. Not sure if I did something worng or their software Linux version is very differnt from MS Windows?...

-- Shamil

>Friday, August  4, 2017 2:39 AM +03:00 from Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca>:
>
>Hi All:
>
>Just did a serious google search and evaluation on SoftEther vs OpenVPN vs Miscrosoft VPN services. 
>
>SoftEther is clearly the winner. Its performance is much faster than its competitors, it supports a wider range of standard protocols, is easier to setup and supports all major Operating Systems. (I understand SoftEther comes be pre-configured on DigitalOcean server. $5.00 on a basic one month service and two addition months for free ($10.00) with a "dounplugged" code...what a deal!)
>
>If I get my work done tonight, may spend a few hours setting the SoftEther VPN server on one of my servers....Linux or Windows? ;-)
>
>Jim 
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gustav Brock" < gustav at cactus.dk >
>To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com >
>Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2017 11:46:38 AM
>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Extranet VPN for testing customers' web sites/web API solutions
>
>Hi Shamil
>
>If all you need a VPN connection with no fancy features, it comes natively with the server.
>I located this short guide:
>
>https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2012/07/how-to-install-vpn-on-windows-server-2012/
>
>/gustav
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>
>Hi Gustav --
>
>I have just tried to setup SoftEther on my cloud VM and on my desktop. Setup worked well but then I have got stuck with it. I should remove it I suppose.
>
>Yes, TeamViewer seems to be overpriced but it just worked like a charm. And I have used free version.
>
>Is there anything comparable to TeamViewer, less expensive - with the feature to just setup a VPN to my cloud hosted MS Windows Server 2012 from my desktop and from my customers desktops?
>
>Thank you.
>
>-- Shamil
>
>
>>Thursday, August  3, 2017 6:13 PM +03:00 from Gustav Brock < gustav at cactus.dk >:
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>>Hi Shamil
>>
>>Great.
>>I've always found TeamViewer to be overpriced, so let's hope that SoftEther will be successful.
>>
>>/gustav
>>
>>-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
>>Fra: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil via dba-Tech
>>Sendt: 3. august 2017 15:47
>>Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues <  dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com >
>>Cc: Salakhetdinov Shamil <  mcp2004 at mail.ru >
>>Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Extranet VPN for testing customers' web sites/web API solutions
>>
>>Hi Gustav et al --
>>
>>I have setup TeamViewer (v12.0.81460) on cloud MS Windows Server 2012 VM to allow unattended access (maybe basic access would have been enough I haven't checked).
>>I have also setup TeamViewer (v12.0.81460) on my destop Win10 system.
>>Then I have run TeamViewer and setup VPN using it to my MS Windows Server 2012.
>>I have opened port 80 on cloud VM - and I have got access to the server web app running on this port - default IIS web app.
>>Then I have setup my custom web service on port 4321, opened this port for TCP on server and I have got access to the custom web service via VPN and port 4321.
>>
>>So VPN works well - not sure how TeamViewer sets up VPN access internal - does it use netsh or not.
>>
>>I the coming days I will also try to use SoftEther VPN Open Source (  https://www.softether.org/ ) to setup VPN instead on TeamViewer.
>>
>>-- Shamil
>>
>>>Thursday, August  3, 2017 2:46 PM +03:00 from Salakhetdinov Shamil via dba-Tech <  dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com >:
>>>
>>>Hi Gustav --
>>>
>>>OK, I will give it a try and I will post here in the coming days on my testing results.
>>>
>>>-- Shamil
>>>
>>>
>>>>Thursday, August  3, 2017 1:34 PM +03:00 from Gustav Brock <  gustav at cactus.dk >:
>>>>
>>>>Hi Shamil
>>>>
>>>>I can't tell about the VPN infrastructure as that must be a courtesy of your hosting provider, but as you have a VM and not just a web server, I guess no ports are blocked.
>>>>
>>>>The only way to find out if the netsh command will work, is to check it out. Even though port 80 is default for the HTTP protocol, I would explicitly specify it as you suggest.
>>>>
>>>>/gustav
>>>>
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