[ale] VPN and Linux firewall

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> From: "Matthew Brown" <matthew.brown at cordata.net>
> To: <ale at ale.org>
> Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 11:25:18 -0400
> Subject: [ale] VPN and Linux firewall

> Has anyone successfully configured a basic 2.4.18 kernel for use as a
> firewall with VPN.

> I have everything humming along nicely, but the VPN just won't work.

VPNs tend to be finicky things, w.r.t. versions of application- and
kernel-level software and configuration and any Firewall configuration.
You'll want to check all of these.

Alternatively, go back to a 2.2 kernel.  2.4 and IP Tables is not
"automatically" more secure than 2.2 and IP Chains.

> Best regards,
> Matthew Brown, President
> CorData, Inc.
> O: (770) 795-0089
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> E: matthew.brown at cordata.net

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