On Sun, 11 Nov 2001, it was written:

> Jason Costomiris wrote:
> 
> >On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 04:46:59PM -0500, Lawrence Houston wrote:
> >: With a Firewall you will also need to open TCP Port 1723 and Protocol 47
> >: (GRE)!
> >
> >Two things.
> >
> >1. He said kernel 2.4.  Your solution is for kernel 2.2.
> >2. He's probably using REAL VPN technology - not PPTP.
> >
> >Everything you need to make this work is present in the netfilter/iptables
> >code.
> >
> I was planning on using ip_masq_ipsec, which according to him is already 
> in the 2.2 kernel.
> I verified it and got it to work.
> 
> Which means I don't have to upgrade to 2.4, if I don't want to ...

Red Hat added the VPN Patches into 2.2.17-14 (although removed from
2.2.19-6.2.1 due to conflicts with another patch), the PPTP Code has
continued to work for me with subsequent RH Kernel Updates!  
Unfortunately I do access a Microsoft VPN, so I can NOT help with the
Firewall Ports of a "real" IPSec VPN!

Lawrence Houston  -  ([EMAIL PROTECTED])



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