On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 03:53:48PM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled:
> so it means that it can be used to manage some sort of authentication, and
> decide to proxy or not, based on several other properties than those in
> tcp/ip?
No, I think rinetd is a 'dumb' proxy, that is, it can't do anything
like authentication, it just passes data off.
> that is a good way to implement another level of authentication for systems
> like mine, I have a internal exchange machine that sends all its outbound
> mails to a relay in a dmz, but pop acounts are in that internal server, so I
> could use this deamon to authenticate a user on the firewall, prior to the
> actual proxy connection is open?
>
> is this just a dream of mine?
I guess it depends how you want to authenticate them...
> but that creates another problem, firewall authentication! :)
There shouldn't be any, as the users shouldn't have anything to do
with the firewall.. ;)
> Off-topic: has anyone managed to 'build' a vpn from a linux gateway(conneted
> to one endpoint network), trouhgt internet to several win2k clients?
Not I, but it ought to be easy enough for somebody who can set it up
for one client. Probably use pptp.
> pedro
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 4:05 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [Leaf-devel] rinetd - a TCP port redirector
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 02:59:08PM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled:
> > > I don't get it, what makes rinetd different from
> > 'ipportfw/ipautofw' or
> > > 'ipmasqdm portfw/autofw'???
> >
> > I could be entirely wrong...but...
> >
> > Rinetd is actually a proxy; portfw/autofw are more similar to routing
> > protocols. Therefore, with rinetd, a client talks to rinetd and then
> > rinetd talks to the server; whereas with portfw/autofw, a client does
> > talk directly to the server, with some packet-mangling in-between.
> >
> > > is a deamon process any better than a kernel process?
> > > pedro
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