Re: [coldsync-hackers] VPN Sync / Secure Sync

["Alex Tronin" <at at urbis dot net>]

I did ColdSync over the Internet - it is painfully slow because Palm is slow
device when using TCP/IP.
Best bet is to have sort of a proxy server locally.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Meals" <tim@codeknox.com>
To: <coldsync-hackers@lusars.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:07 AM
Subject: RE: [coldsync-hackers] VPN Sync / Secure Sync


> You could either tunnel the Coldsync port through ssh or set up a PPTP
> or even IPSEC VPN.  The ssh approach is easiest -- just run ssh
> -L<localport>:localhost:<remoteport> <remotehost>, replacing the
> bracketed variables with your own values.  This will create a port on
> your local machine that gets redirected to the remote machine's remote
> port.  I've done it with CVS before to a home CVS repository and it
> works fine.  You'll have to either daemonize Coldsync or run it in the
> opened ssh session to receive the traffic.
>
> Tim
>
> On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 07:49, Norberto Goussies wrote:
> > But..., Does HotSync in palm support any of these features? How can I
make a
> > Sync with a VPN?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-coldsync-hackers@lusars.net
> > [mailto:owner-coldsync-hackers@lusars.net]On Behalf Of Justin C.
> > Ferguson
> > Sent: miercoles, 28 de abril de 2004 11:37
> > To: coldsync-hackers@lusars.net
> > Subject: Re: [coldsync-hackers] VPN Sync / Secure Sync
> >
> >
> > When last we left our heros, they were speaking of:
> > > On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Norberto Goussies wrote:
> > > > Hello, does anybody know how to make a secure syncro over Internet?
with
> > a
> > > > VPN? SSL?
> > >
> > > I don't know of anyone who's tried. Congratulations! You're
> > > blazing new territory!
> > > I suspect that your best bet is to use a VPN; there's nothing in
> > > the ColdSync source to use SSL.
> >
> > SSH tunnels, maybe?
> >
> > --
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> Tim Meals <tim@codeknox.com>
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