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Re: Bug#324861: ITP: pptpproxy -- a small app that forwards PPTP VPN connections through a Linux firewall



On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 09:47 -0500, Graham Wilson wrote:
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> On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 03:41:10PM +0200, Michel van der Klei wrote:
> > * Package name    : pptpproxy
> >   Version         : 2.0
> >   Upstream Author : Emmanuel Mogenet <mgix@mgix.com>
> > * URL             : http://www.mgix.com/pptpproxy
> > * License         : Public Domain
> >   Description     : a small app that forwards PPTP VPN connections through a Linux firewall
> > 
>  > pptpproxy is a good old forwarder daemon. It's most probably not as
> > elegant as a kernel+iptables based solutions, but it has the very
> > sizeable advantage of Working For Me. It's a "timesaver" for those who
> > are getting tired of trying to get iptables, ipchains  or whatever
> > it's called this week to properly forward PPTP through a Linux
> > firewall.
> 
> The Debian iptables package has existed since Mar 2000, which, if my
> math is correct, is a bit longer than a week. You'll proably want to
> change your long description.

That won't be that much of a problem ....

I will change it in:

pptpproxy is a good old forwarder daemon. It's most probably not as
elegant as a kernel+iptables based solutions, but it has the very
sizeable advantage of Working For Me. It's a "timesaver" for those who
are getting tired of trying to get iptables to properly forward PPTP 
through a Linux firewall.

Michel van der Klei


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