Creating a SSH tunnel without a password. This is useful for establishing secure connections on older versions of Linux which don't support OpenVPN.
This guide is based on the [http://robin.crecom.com.au/knowledge/linux/vpn%20setup.htm Link VPN Setup] guide in the knowledge database.
Generate the ssh key
Assuming a vpn users has been created:
$ ssh-keygen -t dsa Generating public/private dsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/home/vpn/.ssh/id_dsa): Created directory '/home/vpn/.ssh'. Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in /home/vpn/.ssh/id_dsa. Your public key has been saved in /home/vpn/.ssh/id_dsa.pub. The key fingerprint is: 04:b0:6f:ff:2e:13:73:fb:aa:f1:d0:ee:3f:02:aa:b2 vpn@localhost.localdomain $ mv .ssh/id_dsa.pub .ssh/authorized_keys
Copy /home/vpn/.ssh/id_dsa locally to a Windows machine