I actually accomplished something useful today. Even better, it’s something I’ve wanted since about a month after I took this job most of eight years ago: A VPN rig.

Mind you, I had to learn a whole new set of quirks… like “how to modify the default IP filters to allow the server to websurf and ping other machines,” since that box is also our SUS server and Servers Alive checker, and when you break networking those programs start to complain a wee bit. Ah well, I needed to stretch my brain a little anyway, right?

Tonight, of course, is the fun part: I get to try logging into the thing…