On Jul 21, 2011, at 2:55 PM, Das wrote:
>
> I forgot to mention, I'm just a client using a VPN service, I'm not running
> an OpenVPN server and then connecting to it.
>
> I originally thought just like how the docs show, you use a protocol and it's
> port and you define those in the rules and possibly host and tunnel as well
> but I don't need to, it's working just fine with only those 3 files and I've
> actually used 4 different VPN providers over the past year with those 3 files
> just like they are and all connections to all of the VPN providers worked
> just fine, that was in Slackware 13.1 earlier in the year.
And I'm telling you that there is absolutely no reason for it to have worked at
all, which makes me wonder if Shorewall is even started.
>
> I have tap and tun because I was using in the past IPsec which uses tap, so I
> keep it there in case I start using IPsec again.
>
> I do not see any types of failure or error messages, it's like taking your
> Cat5 and unplugging it then trying to ping or go online, the same effect,
> nothing happens, that's all.
The Slackware configuration was logging messages out of the fw->net chain.
>
> I have played with using tunnels and host and seen no changes on any of the
> systems to improve or degrade the outcome, it's all the same whether I use
> them or not, everything works the same, in short, it doesn't change anything…
Please add the openvpnclient tunnel, Configure LOGFILE correctly and try to
start OpenVPN with the latest Slackware -- then post the *entire* dump.
-Tom
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