We've come across a problem sending UDP packets through a tunnel when the
tunnel goes through a firewall and I was hoping someone can
explain/confirm what is going on (please).
Our machine sets up a tunnel to a secure gateway and then opens a UDP
socket through that tunnel to a machine on the far
Hi Graham,
So, it appears that the UDP packets come through the tunnel, are decrypted
and then looped-back through the firewall ?
That is correct.
I'm not too keen on opening the firewall to all UDP packets using that UDP
port number. Is there a more elegant method ?
Yes, you could use the