RE: pptp client behind firewall
Slight correction,
it's TCP port 1723 and IP protocol 47 (gre), not port 47.
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 13:21, Cory Rudder wrote:
> I am not familiar with iptables syntax, but you need to open ports 1723 and
> port 43 through to your pptp server.
> cory
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Buhr [mailto:buhr@telus.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 12:26 PM
> To: Greg MATTHEWS
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org; debian-firewall@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: pptp client behind firewall
>
>
> Kevin Buhr <buhr@telus.net> writes:
> >
> > Greg MATTHEWS <G.Matthews@cs.ucl.ac.uk> writes:
> > >
> > > I have a linux server setup with pptpd which appears to be working ok
> (port
> > > 1723 is definitely open) but i'm having trouble connecting to it from
> behind
> > > my firewall - a debian pentium running stable using iptables.
> >
> > You have my sympathies.
>
> Someone pointed out to me in email that there's a userspace
> "pptpproxy" daemon (not Debianized yet) that you can run on the
> firewall to tunnel PPTP connections. I've never tried it myself, but
> it would undoubtedly be much simpler to set up if it does what you
> want.
>
> --
> Kevin <buhr@telus.net>
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