[NTLUG:Discuss] linux vpn question

[joseph beasley]

You can load ipsec-tools on both machines. 
http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/network/ipsec/ has a few examples
setting up manual keys and using IKE.  (Yes it is a netbsd link, but
the commands also work in linux.)


--- Monty Shinn <montys at videopost.com> wrote:

> Greetings.
> 
> I am needing to link 2 offices together with a vpn solution.  I would
> prefer to use IPCOP, but I am not sure how to implement what I need,
> or if it is robust enough.
> 
> Unfortuantely, I have never implemented a vpn before, and all the
> information I have found on the web has not gone deep enough, or
> detailed enough to help.
> 
> Can anyone guide me to a good howto or other explanation on setting
> up a vpn, beyond what the ipcop and similar websites have to offer?
> 
> Basically, I need to know how to set up the routing on both the
> "left" and "right" side of the vpn, and if I need any Ipsec software
> installed on the client computers.  I am trying to set up a
> net-to-net configuration.
> 
> For instance, the local oracle server sits at ip address >>x.x.x.3<<.
>  The local (green) ipcop ip address is >>x.x.x.4<<.  On the remote
> side, the ipcop local (green) ip address will be >>y.y.y.5<<.  I
> can't find any information on how to set up a route where a remote
> client computer can point to >>y.y.y.5<< and all ports be seamlessly
> routed directly to >>x.x.x.3<< inside an encrypted vpn tunnel.  It
> doesn't look like ipcop's port forwarding applies to vpns.
> 
> I only want the traffic associated with the oracle database (ODBC)
> and samba mount to be sent through the vpn tunnel.
> 
> Please forgive the obvious newbie nature of my questions and
> examples.
> 
> Many thanks in advance,
> 
> Monty
> 
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