VPN from Work to Home Behind Severely Hardened Firewall

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VPN from Work to Home Behind Severely Hardened Firewall
VPN from Work to Home Behind Severely Hardened Firewall
2022-04-21 18:57:52 - last edited 2022-04-22 15:29:38

Looking for Options/Advice:

I have the AC5400 router installed at home and need to VPN through it to send/receive files between my home office and my corporate office. The firewall at the corporate office is hardened and very few ports are allowed open (these are dangerous times). I get it.  But I need a way to do this. 

I have the OpenVPN service running and working outside the corporate environment - I use it from my laptop when I'm on the road. But work Ops team will not open the desired Port(s) for that option.  I have learned that OpenVPN will work over port 443, but tp-link support says I cannot force the router to use that port as it is reserved. Again - I get it. 

What are my options to get some sort of VPN / Remote Desktop connection from work to home?  

NOTE: MS RDP is not an option. It's just WAY too insecure and risky.

Thanks in advance for any advice or options you can enlighten me with.

- damon

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2022-04-21 19:42:25 - last edited 2022-04-22 15:29:38

  @DJGray 

 

Hi,

 

Have you already considered the software "TeamViewer"? It does Remote Desktop and also can be used to transfer files to and from the computer it is running on.

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2022-04-21 19:42:25 - last edited 2022-04-22 15:29:38

  @DJGray 

 

Hi,

 

Have you already considered the software "TeamViewer"? It does Remote Desktop and also can be used to transfer files to and from the computer it is running on.

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Re:VPN from Work to Home Behind Severely Hardened Firewall
2022-04-21 20:10:37

  @woozle 

I've heard of this but not used it. I'll look into it. Thanks for the suggestion!!

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Re:VPN from Work to Home Behind Severely Hardened Firewall
2022-04-22 15:29:25
Woozie, got this installed on each end and tested it this morning. While not as "clean" as a VPN with remote desktop, this will more than suffice for my needs. Thanks for the tip!!
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