On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> OK, allow me to build some clarifying maps for myself:
>
> Your linux box (at home?) needs internet access through a dial-up ISP, your
> personal ISP I assume?
>
> Interenet <== LinuxBox
>
> But, you want to be able to access a work LAN's windows boxes?
>
> Windows \
> Windows - = Company LAN ==> Interenet <== LinuxBox
> Windows /
>
> Or, You want to be able to use your Windows Boxes connected to the (home?)
> LinuxBox LAN to browse the internet?
> / Windows
> Interenet <== LinuxBox =HUB= - Windows
> \ Windows
>
> Accessing your Linux box through the internet with a secure connection is
> easy, and you do not have to set up full VPN software to do it, unless you
> wish to have PPTP connections for HTTP services. For this, I would SSH2, or
> OpenSSH (in development).
>
> To set up NAT (Masquerading/Proxy) is easy through ipchains, and we can set
> the firewall up at the same time. Actually, a handy script called pmfirewall
> can do the job quite nicely, and we can customise it if we need to.
>
> Does the Linux Box have internet access at all right now? or is it in limbo
> waiting for the modem and dial-up acount to be configured?
>
> --Greg
i think greg is very very talented. good for greg :)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Greg,
> >
> > I am trying to do two things. First and most importantly, I want to be
> able
> > to dial into my server using a phone line. When I dial in, I want to be
> > able to access the server and the windows machines on the network. If
> > possible, I would like to access the Internet using NAT so that I can
> access
> > my ISP's resources.
> >
> > The second thing that I would like to do is to access my server from the
> > Internet using preferably PPTP so that I can access the machines on my
> > network through the server and still use NAT to access my ISP's resources.
> >
> > My IP allows my to access certain resources, such as NNTP, by IP address.
> >
> > Once I get all of this running, I will worry about setting up a firewall.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Greg Stewart
> > Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 6:01 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] pppd Server? + other questions.
> >
> > Exacltly what are you trying to do? Create an FTP Server? an HTTP Server?
> A
> > Proxy/Firewall?
> >
> > There are innumerable configurations possible for this, and yes, depending
> > on how you configure your machine you can serve a VPN connection with
> > SLL.There are many packages available for SSL services.
> >
> > The GUI application that I use most often is linuxconf, which can be used
> > through DrakConf, or by su-ing to root in terminal and simply typing
> > linuxconf. I am not sure if MDK has the command line "gui' called
> setup--it
> > may have been left out in recent MDK distros (it's a RedHat thing).
> >
> > If you have questions on configuring Firewall, Masquerading, LAN, etc,
> > please let me know.
> >
> > --Greg
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: George Brooks
> >
> > Where can I find information on how to allow incoming connections to my
> > Mandrake 7.1 box? I downloaded the software from the net so I do not have
> > the documentation. If I can get this service to work, I will buy the
> > software when version 7.2 is released. Is there any online documentation?
> > CD?
> >
> > Also, can Mandrake be used as a VPN server?
> >
> > And finally, what is the name of the GUI program used to configure the
> > system? It took me at least 10 installations with four different brands
> of
> > Ethernet adapters to allow me connect the server to a network. One of the
> > installations had a desktop program to allow me to run a program similar
> to
> > linuxconf(sp?) in a graphical mode. Now I can only seem to run it in a
> very
> > annoying text mode.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > George
> >
> >
> >
> >
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