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From: "Brent Clark" <bclark@eccotours.biz>
Subject: RE: VPN over netfilter NAT
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:47:28 +0200
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To: Alexandros Papadopoulos <apapadop@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu>, netfilter@lists.netfilter.org

>I stumbled across
>http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/linux-adv/vpn-linux.htm today, which
>states that "NAT breaks VPNs".

>Is this just an over-simplifying statement that really means "if you're
>reading this, then don't even try setting up a NAT-traversing VPN"?

>This is exactly what I'm planning to do; I've got my mind set on having
>the two VPN endpoints inside two NATed networks, both managed by
>respective dedicated linux boxes running only netfilter.

>If that is indeed possible (and doable for a first timer), could anyone
>provide some relevant pointers to documentation?

>Cheers

>A

Hi

Im too am new to vpns etc, but from what I gather, if you use openswan or
freeswan etc on the SAME box that is your
firewall, gateway etc, it should not be a problem.

Kind Regards
Brent Clark