On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 19:21, 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. I think its protocol 43, not port 43 Cant remember which tables it goes ito but define it by using -p 43 where you would normally say something like -p tcp I think you will need gre support built into your kernel. HTH, Shri > -----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> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shri Shrikumar U R Byte Solutions I.T. Consultant Edinburgh, Scotland Tel: 0845 644 4745 Email: shri@urbyte.com Web: www.urbyte.com
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