[pptp-server] VPN client using NAT

Cowles, Steve Steve at SteveCowles.com
Tue Jul 10 19:21:22 CDT 2001


Hmmm.... It's my understanding that RH-7.1 uses the 2.4.x kernels which do
not require the VPN masq patches/modules. At least if your using iptables
and are not wanting to masq more than one VPN client. The RH-7.0 disto used
(by default) the 2.2.x based kernels which included the kernel patch along
with the ip_masq_pptp.o module. 

FWIW: I'm using a RH-7.1 based firewall with the 2.4.4 kernel and connect to
my clients PPTP servers (one at a time) from behind it.

I would suggest reading the following website. Specifically the section
regarding masquerading with the 2.4.x kernels.

http://www.impsec.org/linux/masquerade/ip_masq_vpn.html

Steve Cowles

> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Vieira [mailto:GeorgeV at citadelcomputer.com.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 7:00 PM
> To: pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
> Subject: RE: [pptp-server] VPN client using NAT
> 
> 
> Funny enough, I read this too somewhere and yet I'm running 
> 7.1 and can't find the module. I ran an 'updatedb' and then
> did a 'locate ip_masq_pptp' and found nothing...???
> 
> thanks,
> George Vieira
> Network Engineer
> Citadel Computer Systems P/L



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