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From: "Charles Steinkuehler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Anyway, in addition to loading the ip_masq_ipsec.o module, you'll need
> to properly configure your VPN description on both ends.  This can get
> to be a bit confusing, since you need to load the IP address of your
> firewall, rather than your laptop, in a couple of places.  That's
> probably why the IKE exchange, which uses already masqueraded UDP 500
> traffic is failing.
>
> Look over the VPN Masquerade HOWTO, make sure you're using the right
> kernel, and holler if you run into problems getting everything working.
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/VPN-Masquerade-HOWTO.html
>

Hmmm, that was the document I was reading, and it left me thoroughly
confused! I'm not even entirely sure whether my set-up is a private- or
ip-registered network (the laptop gets its IP addr from the firewall, the
firewall by dhcp from my ISP, and the VPN server is a fixed address).
I'll try reading through it again and try to piece it together. It may be
that a major fault was me specfying the laptop's IP address instead of the
firewall's - is that the 'upstream' (internet) address, or the local one
(192.....)?

> One more WARNING:  You will not be able to masquerade AH (Authenticated
> Header...protocol 51) VPN Traffic, if that's what your IPSec client is
> setup to use.  This protocol authenticates *EVERYTHING* in the IP
> packet, including the IP header (with it's source and destination IP's),
> so masquerading (which replaces the source and/or destination IP field
> in the header) invalidates the packets.  The more commenly used ESP
> (protocol 50) only authenticates the data portion of the IP packet, and
> can be successfully masqueraded.

Don't know if it uses AH or ESP, but the client has a logging option, so if
I can at least it get through the initial IKE exchange, then that'll be
something - I may even know what I'm doing by then.
Is there a simple set of steps which will just open up the firewall
completely, just so I can check it with the loosest possible configuration
before tightening up to specific addresses?



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