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 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
