Re: VPN to a host behind the firewall
On Thu, Nov 25, 1999 at 03:35:06PM +0100, Jarle Aase wrote:
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> I have a firewall running Linux 2.12 kernel with patch from kerneli.org, Debian Slink (latest stable) and ipchains 1.3.9 (compiled from the original source).
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> The setup is like this:
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> Internal net, non-legal IP series, masqueraded
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> Firewall
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> Internet router
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> A NT server on the internal net should now be used as a VPN server for Win98 clients connecting from Internet. NT use IP protocol 47 (gre) for VPN. The firewall is not responsible for any security issues on this protocol.
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> My question is:
> 1) Do I have to apply any special patches in order to make the firewall handle IP protocol 47?
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> 2) What is the best way to reach the NT server on the internal network? Since the connections are coming from the Internet, I guess I need to set up some sort of port-forwarding?
Info & kernel patches for allowing pptp and ipsec through ip-masquerade
can be found here:
http://www.wolfenet.com/~jhardin
HTH
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