Post your rule set.

Chris Willis wrote:
> Ok, this is not a PPTP connection from the internet TO a box on the
> internal LAN.
> 
> This is a problems with making a PPTP connection from the internal LAN
> to any PPTP server out on the internet.
> 
> Thus, TCP 1723 and GRE are not the issue.  I am passing ALL from the
> internal LAN to the internet.
> 
> I used FWBuilder to create the policy for the FreeBSD box.  When I
> install Linux 2.6 in place of the freebsd box, and use the exact same
> FWBuilder ruleset, then outbound PPTP works great.
> 
> Any other thoughts?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> Of Melameth, Daniel D.
> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 12:27 AM
> To: pf@benzedrine.cx
> Subject: RE: Solution Request: I need to initiate outbound PPTP
> requests thru FreeBSD firewall
> 
> Chris Willis wrote:
> > I have setup a FreeBSD box running PF for a client.  It is the
> > 'firewall' for their internal LAN.
> > 
> > I cannot make an outbound VPN connection from their LAN to any
> > other microsoft PPTP VPN server. 
> > 
> > The VPN connections work fine from any machine that plugs in to the
> > hub in FRONT of the firewall (static public IP), but that obviously
> > isn't the solution. 
> > 
> > What changes need to be made to the ruleset to allow outbound PPTP
> > connections?  Here is the existing NAT rule I though might work
> > based on browsing the Archives: 
> > 
> > nat on fxp0 proto udp from 172.16.0.0/16 port = 500 to any ->
> > 206.135.37.226 port 500 
> > 
> > But it didn't help at all.  I put that rule both in front of, and
> > behind, the regular NAT rule for outbound network traffic.
> 
> I hate to say it Chris, but have you bothered to even find out what
> ports/protocols PPTP actually uses?  Perhaps TCP 1723 and GRE?

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