Re: doesn't anybody use tunnelling / vpn?
Well, most will require that you build them from source with your current
kernel source tree someplace ( or at least access to the kernel-headers
package for the kernel you are running ). Debian has a CIPE package in
non-us (or did) but I think it is a source package, you need to build it.
Woody has a vtun package ... vtun is cool but you are going to have to
know what you are doing ... just like the rest of the packages.
VTUN is probably best since it will work from behind a firewall (has a TCP
mode and a SOCKS mode) while CIPE is UDP and you are probably not going to
get return packets back through the firewall without admin intervention.
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, will trillich wrote:
> AAUGH! NOBODY seems to be tunneling anywhere. i must be alone...
> my inquiries about vpn and tunnelling have met with deafening silence.
>
> am i the only person trying to get these going? it seems like such
> a no-brainer tool that i'd expect LOTS of us to be using vpn
> (or trying to get it running).
>
> or is there a club meeting somewhere that gathers to laugh at all
> my ignorant posts on the issue? (on the other hand, maybe y'all
> are waiting for me to finally munch my bloodied head through the
> other end so you can ask me how i did it? expect a looong wait.)
>
> i'm going NUTS here... help! pointers would be handy, but i've
> found many documents hither and yon on the 'net and NONE have been
> turnkey... there's always some obscure obstacle or error message
> that i have no clue as to the meaning behind it.
>
> is there a debianized tunnel module i can get running?
> not tunnelv
> tried iptunnel
> got pptpd
> moving on to something that makes sense to me (and works)
>
> --
>
> i've tried tunnelv, ipip, ipsec, several others. shotgun/machine-gun
> approach: apt-get install, try, be baffled by errors or no results, try
> another. no hits. dead ends everywhere, without understanding
> anything of the messages behind them.
>
> even with
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Adv-Routing-HOWTO-5.html
> i'm not having ANY success.
>
> # iptunnel add TEST mode gre remote 208.33.90.85 local 208.7.139.219 ttl 255
> # ip addr add 192.168.0.1 dev TEST
> Cannot send dump request: Connection refused
>
> what's that mean?
>
> # lsmod
> Module Size Used by
> nbd 13104 0 (unused)
> lockd 31120 1 (autoclean)
> sunrpc 52432 1 (autoclean) [lockd]
> serial 19568 0 (autoclean)
> netlink_dev 1552 0 (unused)
> ethertap 2336 0 (unused)
> rtl8139 11520 1
> ipv6 92464 -1
> ipip 5168 0
> ip_masq_user 2544 0 (unused)
> ip_masq_raudio 2944 0 (unused)
> ip_gre 6176 1
> ip_masq_cuseeme 1120 0 (unused)
> ip_masq_autofw 2448 0 (unused)
> ip_masq_irc 1600 0 (unused)
> ip_masq_portfw 2528 0 (unused)
> ip_masq_mfw 3152 0 (unused)
> ip_masq_ftp 2464 0 (unused)
> ne2k-pci 4080 1
> 8390 6048 0 [ne2k-pci]
> unix 10224 21 (autoclean)
>
> some dox i've seen mention needing the "new_tunnel.o" module.
> where do i get that? i haven't found it in modconf...
>
> help? help. help!
>
>
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