You can't route internal IPs over the internet... you MUST use a tunnel or
some kind...

You could use vpnd which uses blowfish I think... haven't used it much
before but I have used it..


thanks,
George Vieira
Systems Manager
Citadel Computer Systems P/L


-----Original Message-----
From: DaZZa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 28 November 2001 12:12 PM
To: Lyle Chapman
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Network To Network


On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Lyle Chapman wrote:

> To whomever can help.
>
> I want to connect 2 internal networks together across the internet using
> ipchains from 2 Linux routers. Is it possible to do this and have it
> tranparent to the internal networks.
>
> I have tried everything I can think of and have read the HOWTO but cannot
> get through. If I am inside network 1 I get as far as the router at
> network 2 but cannot see or ping their internal network.
>
> PLEASE HELP - As I am trying to learn Linux but unfortunately
> documentation is not aimed at the newbie sometimes!!!

As far as I know, you can't do this with just ipchains - and if you could,
it'd be hideously insecure. I could be wrong about the first statement.
I'm not wrong about the second.

You can, however, do it via FreeS/WAN. Check out http://www.freeswan.org
for details and software.

Basically, you need to run a secure VPN encrypted across the internet. If
you don't do this, your commercial data is toast - it can be collected by
anyone with enough nouse to run a sniffer or data capture device on your
networks. Your network can also be compromised from outside much more
easily.

DaZZa


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