On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Joe Patterson wrote:

> I've done something similar, only I just used a network specifically for
> roadwarriors.  My rules for this were something like:
>
> /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -i ipsec0 -j MARK --set-mark 1
> /sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -m mark --mark 1 -j SNAT --to
> 10.100.16.1-10.100.16.254
>
> Although the SAME target would probably be preferable to SNAT.
>
> This has a few advantages.  One, you don't *have* to have this box as your
> gateway, you just put a route to, in my case 10.100.16.0/24, through your rw
> vpn box.
>
> One thing of note if you have the normal sort of roadwarriors (i.e., they
> have variable ip addresses).  Because of what most consider a flaw in the
> IPSec specification, if you use pre-shared keys, you will have *one* PSK for
> *all* roadwarriors.

Not a flaw in IPSec just a flaw in implementation of whatever IPSec
implementation you are running. I have one PSK per remote site here and it
works perfectly. I use a hardware IPSec card to do all the work. Each
connection essentially has a full clone of the connection and can be
started and stopped at will.

> For this reason, it's often preferable to use RSA keys
> or certificates.  And, to complicate matters even more, I'm not sure if the
> mandrake rpm's have x.509 certificate support compiled in.  Of course you
> can do it however... but I did want to save you from the frustration of
> trying to figure out why multiple PSK's aren't working.
>
> -Joe
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Vasiliy Boulytchev
> > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 5:28 PM
> > To: Frank Fiene
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: modules
> >
> >
> > Frank, and everyone
> >
> >     I've just reinstalled Mandrake 8.1    (first time I ever dealt with
> > mandrake)
> >     Reason I installed Mandrake is because it comes with
> > Freeswan, that way
> > I dont need to recompile the kernel (like in RedHat) to get ipsec up.
> >     8.1 Mandrake comes with 2.4.8 kernel.
> >     Here are my plans:
> >     1.)    have this box as a gateway firewall
> >     2.)    have IP Masq working properly
> >     3.)    have FreeS/WAN VPN working in RoadWarrior mode and authenticate
> > via shared Secrets.
> >     4.)    Have RoadWarrior clients come in via IP Masq, no need to serve
> > IPs.
> >
> >     So here's my steps:
> >     1.)   Have this thing as a gateway first.
> >     2.)   turn ipsec on
> >     3.)   configure ipsec.conf and ipsec.secrets
> >     4.)   masq everything from ipsec0 to eth1.
> >
> >     If anyone has already played with this, lets hook up.
> >     Also, if anyone has anything to add to this plan, please let
> > me know :)
> >
> >     Also, I've never really dealt with iptables.  I'm RTFMing right now.
> > Any awesome links?  Any table examples?
> >
> > Thanks list, you're great,
> >
> > Vasiliy Boulytchev
> > Colorado Information Technologies Inc.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Frank Fiene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 2:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: modules
> >
> >
> > > On Saturday, 16. March 2002 21:17, Vasiliy Boulytchev wrote:
> > > > Ladies and Gents,
> > > >     When I installed iptables from source, i can't find
> > > > ipt_MASQUERADE.o, ipt_state.o, ipt_REJECT.o, ip_nat_ftp.o and so on.
> > > > Did the names change?
> > > >     I search for them in such manner:
> > > >
> > > >     find /usr/src -name ipt_state.o
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >     I did uninstall the RPM before installing from source.
> > > >
> > >
> > > You have made a kernel configuration with iptables?
> > > You have compiled iptables user space or what else?
> > >
> > > Very difficult to see what you have done!
> > >
> > > ff
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> >
> >
>
>

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