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Moore, Paul wrote: > From: Michael Best [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > How are you connected to the client network? Is it a VPN? > > What are the subnets involved? IP Masquerading can work > > for only one subnet, or many. > > To be honest, I've no idea. Most of this is stuff I know nothing about, > beyond what I've learnt trying to get something sorted. I'm pretty sure > we're not using a VPN. We have NAT between our LAN and the customer LAN. At > the moment, both our desktop PCs and our servers can see the customer > network, but in the not too distant future, only servers will be able to do > so. This is a customer security policy, which I can't do anything about. > I've no idea how this will be implemented (something about rules in the > router?) > > Our network people are not much help (to be fair, my group is a very minor > part of a large problem, and so there aren't the resources to look at the > requirements in detail). The current "official" solution is to use something > like MS Terminal Services to log onto a local Windows 2000 Server, and > install and run all the client software from there. I'm trying to find > something less disruptive to our working practices. > > I got the impression that much of this sort of stuff was "just there" (I'm a > Linux fan, but I've no experience of networking on Linux), so I was hoping > that I could sell a Linux solution as a low-cost workaround which my group > could implement without needing too much of the network people's time. > > I'm getting lots of helpful information, but I suspect that I'm also > discovering that it needs detailed knowledge that only the experts have... > > Paul. > > PS In my reading, I've heard of something called SOCKS which also looks like > it may offer what I'm after. Would it be worth investigating? I found a free > SOCKS client from Hummingbird - are there free SOCKS servers, either for > Linux or (in an emergency :-)) for Windows? The main SOCKS site seems to > only have commercial offerings. i think that masquerading or socks will do what you need. there's a free socks compatible server called dante. raf _______________________________________________ Masq maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Admin requests can be handled at http://www.indyramp.com/masq-list/ -- THIS INCLUDES UNSUBSCRIBING! or email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE read the HOWTO and search the archives before posting. You can start your search at http://www.indyramp.com/masq/ Please keep general linux/unix/pc/internet questions off the list.
