Re: [Pgbuildfarm-members] VPN option?

On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 01:56:36PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:

> I had an idea today that could be useful. How would members feel
> about providing a VPN using OpenVPN, connecting back to a server
> with very tightly controlled privileges - maybe Tom Lane and I would
> be the only people allowed to connect back to the client machines,
> or maybe committers - at any rate some very small group. This would
> of course be optional, but it might help to short-circuit problem
> fixes.

I'm in, and I trust you guys not to mess up my machine. :)

> Note: OpenVPN supports almost all the platforms we support, which is
> one reason I picked it, but I am open to other suggestions.
>
> Does this seem like a good idea to anyone?
>
> Another question would be how we manage it? Nail up connections or
> make them on demand? If on demand then the clients would need to
> poll the server to see if a connection is needed.

How is communication with the server handled right now?

Cheers,
D
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