[gentoo-user] A networking question...

[Steve <gentoo_sjh@shic.co.uk>]

I've a gentoo box sat behind a firewall - it runs a apache and sshd with 
holes punched through NAT to allow remote access.  It runs DHCP and DNS 
services for my LAN.

I would like to run a second instance of apache on a fresh IP address - 
to simulate a hosted environment supporting https.  I need to be able to 
access my second apache locally by URL on my LAN (which I can map 
however I chose using my DNS config.)  I also need to be able to access 
this second apache from a remote site (assume gentoo again, for 
simplicity) over an SSL tunnel - even if the remote server already runs 
apache doing something else again.  It isn't acceptable for the second 
apache to be accessible publicly.  It's also unacceptable

I'm think I probably want a VPN (or similar) - or maybe some sort of 
virtual network interface similar to those employed by VMWare for 
virtualisation... coupled with PPP over my ssh tunnel.

Can anyone give me any hints - or, ideally, a link to a how-to?

Thanks...

Steve