Q-tip

If you plan to upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate, you could use BitLocker... if you want to... I guess.

Stop there! As a loyal Security Now fan, I have 1 word: SpinRite! See also: http://www.twit.tv/sn http://www.grc.com

Is that... rainbow tables of LM hashes? Those take all of 30 minutes to brute force; they're not even hashes, technically. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LM_hash http://revision3.com/thebroken/ep3

It's been disabled the whole time. BTW, thanks, everyone for the quick replies and not letting this thread die.

I once had an idea to map out open AP's using something like Netstumbler and a GPS, compile a huge database, and use the Google Maps API to put a marker on each one of them. Never actually did it, though...

No dice. Can't connect to the VPN server at all now.

Maybe use a third party remote desktop program like LogMeIn or VNC?

I have no problem connecting to the VPN server. The VPN clients get the IP's from the VPN server, which is a 10.10.*.* address. My LAN addresses are 192.168.*.* addresses. The intuitive thing for me would be to turn on Internet Connection Sharing, but Incoming Connections isn't on the list of NIC's I can share with. I'm out of ideas. Has anyone gotten what I've described to work or have another solution that does what I'm trying to do?

It's a Windows XP server using the stupid simple method Darren covered in episode 6x04. It's behind a WRT54G v8, which isn't very compatible with 3rd party firmware.

Straight to the point: I can connect into my VPN server, but I have no Internet access after that. I've seen numerous posts on Google saying "Oh, you're stupid, don't use the default gateway. Just uncheck the box at [such a location] in Windows." Problem is, one of my clients is Ubuntu, and the other is an iPod Touch. Plus, I want my traffic to use the VPN as a gateway as a security measure on open networks. I've become quite frustrated with Google trying to figure this out, so I came to the source. HALP! EDIT: A recap of my replies in this thread: I'd like to reiterate that I have no problem connecting to the VPN server, even from a remote network. My VPN clients get an address from the range I specified in the VPN server. If I change it to give addresses from DHCP, VPN clients cannot connect at all. The firewall on the VPN server is down. It sits behind a router with only the necessary ports forwarded. And a side note: The WRT54G v8 is capable of running Micro DD-WRT, which (correct me if I'm wrong) doesn't support running a VPN server on the router itself.