On Dec 8, 2005, at 12:00 PM, AgentM wrote:
> Using a key Robert sent me off-list (for obvious reasons), I was able
> to successfully connect to the VPN.

Excellent.  BTW, if anyone else wants to try it out, e-mail me and  
I'll send you the key.

>>>   2) configure the client and server to use an alternate port
>>>
>  From http://openvpn.net/howto.html#server:
>
> proto tcp #library blocks UDP
> port 443 #library allows this port
> comp-lzo #compression on
> user nobody
> group nobody

Actually, I'd just need to modify the forwarding rules at the  
router.  But since you mention it, are you sure the library blocks  
UDP?  How can we verify whether the library does or doesn't?

Also, can OpenVPN listen on two different ports, e.g. 1194 and 443,  
at the same time?  I've looked through the options in the manpage[1],  
but don't see a clear answer whether yes or no.  This is more a  
curiosity than anything else.  I guess one could always start more  
than one server, no?

>>>   3) figure out routing so that the client can get to the rest of  
>>> the
>>> world using the OpenVPN server as the gateway
>>>   4) configure the client to do dhcp and NAT on the second NIC
>>>
>
> You want to do this on the eMachine, correct?

To start with, yes.  But since the client (like the server) will be  
with Knoppix + PDI, I don't see any reason why it cannot be ported to  
any other machine with one wireless NIC and one wired NIC, for  
example, a low-end laptop.

> I recommend using a firewall rule builder under Linux and tweak the  
> resulting rules as necessary.

Any recommendations?  I had a look on the Knoppix CD and didn't see  
one.  But maybe I overlooked it.

> But you probably already have the ruleset laying around somewhere.

Somewhere.  But I'll probably Google to create them.

[1] http://openvpn.net/man.html

Regards,
- Robert
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