I have been "modelling the problem" (thinking about it), and I suspect
that you may be closer to the truth than you imagine. Just as soon as I
get a couple of machines built up to experiment on, I am going to do
just that.
Jim
Craig Smith wrote:
> I'd be willing to bet that with the default config you can't do both,
> because they use the same set of ports. But if your running your own VPN
> server behind the firewall you should be able to use any sets of ports
> you please, of course actually configuring a VPN server would not be
> quite that simple probably, and then you still need a client to
> connect....
>
> I completely hypothesizing here of course....
>
> --
>
> On Tue, 5-Jun-2001 05:02:44
> Jim Harris wrote:
> >Craig,
> >
> >In my own research: re: linux & VPN, I ran across an interesting
> >statement in someone's HOWTO - that mentioned that when you set a kernel
> >
> >up to allow -outbound- VPN, it kinda screws up -inbound- VPN, as
> >(supposedly) the choices (at least w/linux) are somewhat mutually
> >exclusive. The statement was that you could set up linux to do one, or
> >the other, but not both.
> >
> >I am sure that protocol 47 -is- handled correctly, as if it were NOT,
> >outbound VPN would NOT work (and I know it works like a champ! I've used
> >
> >it on many an occasion)
> >
> >On the one hand, this sounds like BS, as if MicroSloth can do it both
> >ways w/o problems, Linux should have this knocked ice cold.
> >
> >On the other hand, Linux does not have fourty-hundred-bazillion dollars
> >of R&D budget either....
> >
> >I am also still investigating - and I will let you know what I find too.
> >
> >Jim
> >Craig Smith wrote:
> >> Speaking of 40 hour days, what am I doing at work on a Sunday? Oh wait,
> >> thats right, I volunteered to cover for someobody going on a
> >> vay-cay-tion. Whatever that is.
> >>
> >> On to VPN, Its possible that both may have to be opened. I'm not fully
> >> clear yet on how it all works, but I think that PPTP may be used as part
> >>
> >> of IPSEC as a control channel, and therefore port 1723 may have to be
> >> opened as well. In any case, there is a lot of things that have to
> >> happen, which is why I'm looking for a drop in solution, as opposed to
> >> patching the kernal, opening ports, editing config files, and dancing in
> >>
> >> the moonlight while chanting "IPSEC and PPTP, please God work for me".
> >>
> >> I'll post any real results that I find, because I'm working 2 12 hour
> >> shifts this weeekend it won't happen til next probably.
> >>
> >> Craig
> >>
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