There has been some discussion recently on the netmasq list about the difficulty in
forwarding PPTP through a Linux-based firewall. You might want to check the archives at
http://www.indyramp.com/masq/
(You'll also find alternatives there)
At 09:04 AM 3/7/2000 , Maria Alandes Pradillo intimated that...
> > PPTP is Microsofts proprietary protocol but there is a linux-implementation for
> > it.
> > IPSEC is the open standard (just like tcp/ip is). The problem with ipsec might
> > be, though it is a standard, that the implementations of different vendors do
> > not neccessarily interoperate. Will you have Linux on both ends of the
> > connection(s)?
>
>Actually, the problem is that I want some PCs (WinNT) in the internet to
>communicate with a server (WinNT) in my intranet. The firewall is linux, and what I
>need is to share some directories of the server with the PCs. I was thinking of
>creating a tunnel between them, but it has occured to me now that I don't really
>now how to do this tunneling: a tunnel between the PCs and the server can be done
>with the Firewall in the middle?
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