[nflug] UB VPN

eric eric at bootz.us
Tue Sep 26 11:47:14 EDT 2006


Frank, I found this:
http://www.fs-security.com/docs/vpn.php

eric wrote:

>Have you viewed the Events tab?  Click reload and you should see what's
>happening.
>
>Frank Kumro wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I have firestarter installed on my local machine and i only have a
>>older linksys router that goes to a switch for my network. The only
>>change I made was adding port 4500 to firestarter and the linksys box.
>>Also I cant seem to find any firewall logs in /var/log - where else
>>could it be? As far as docs, nope.
>>
>>On 9/25/06, Bootz <eric at bootz.us> wrote:
>>
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>>
>>>check your firewall Frank.  are you running firestarter or something
>>>more elaborate...  did you change anything with your firewall ...was it
>>>upgraded automagically.  Have you unplugged everything and restarted
>>>...have run dhcpclient??
>>>
>>>check your firewall logs ...firestarter is fun for watching events...
>>>
>>>Frank Kumro wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>>More information...I can still connect to my firewall on my lan but I
>>>>cannot get outside...looks like my dns is gone and here is the output
>>>>of the vpnclient. Also I have allowed port 4500 access to my
>>>>machine...
>>>>
>>>>**VPN OUTPUT***
>>>>Authenticating user.
>>>>Negotiating security policies.
>>>>Securing communication channel.
>>>>
>>>>University at Buffalo
>>>>VPN Concentrator
>>>>3 HOUR IDLE TIMER
>>>>24 HOUR MAX DURATION TIMER
>>>>
>>>>For your protection we monitor this system
>>>>for unauthorized usage and abuse
>>>>
>>>>Do you wish to continue? (y/n): y
>>>>
>>>>Your VPN connection is secure.
>>>>
>>>>VPN tunnel information.
>>>>Client address: 128.205.245.242
>>>>Server address: 128.205.240.120
>>>>Encryption: 128-bit AES
>>>>Authentication: HMAC-SHA
>>>>IP Compression: None
>>>>NAT passthrough is active on port UDP 4500
>>>>Local LAN Access is disabled
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On 9/25/06, Frank Kumro <fkumro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>For a little more information here is the output of /sbin/ifconfig
>>>>>(UB section)
>>>>>
>>>>>cipsec0   Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0B:FC:F8:01:8F
>>>>>          inet addr:128.205.246.153  Mask:255.255.255.0
>>>>>          inet6 addr: fe80::20b:fcff:fef8:18f/64 Scope:Link
>>>>>          UP RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1356  Metric:1
>>>>>          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>>>>          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:10 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>>>>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>>>>          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>>>>>
>>>>>a 128.205 is a UB address but it still kills all activity in/out :(
>>>>>
>>>>>On 9/25/06, pirrone <pirrone at localnet.com> wrote:
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>Frank Kumro wrote:
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I am running ubuntu 6.06 (2.6 kernel) and I have installed the
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>vpn
>>>      
>>>
>>>>>>>client from UB. It works and connects but when it does I no
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>longer can
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>>use the internet and I am not connected to UB's even though it
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>says I
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>>am...anyone have an ideas?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>Frank,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I connect to my RedHat 8.0 server at school from my Fedora Core 3
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>server
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>at home using pptp, modprobe ppp-compress-18, and route add -net
>>>>>>172.16.16.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev ppp1.  Open the firewall
>>>>>>(FireStarter for outgoing traffic on ppp1), pop up one of my
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>beloved
>>>      
>>>
>>>>>>"invisible" Eterms (transparent, title-less, scroll-less,
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>frame-less)
>>>      
>>>
>>>>>>floating ethereally above my stark FluxBox WM, and but right
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>into my
>>>      
>>>
>>>>>>school server on its internal IP.  In GKrellM I see the
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>appearance of
>>>      
>>>
>>>>>>PPP1 in addition to the existing PPP0 when I run pptp and see the
>>>>>>bi-directional traffic in both windows as I work to work and work
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>to play.
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>Sorry, I have no ideas on solving your UB problem which may be
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>quite
>>>      
>>>
>>>>>>unrelated to what I related above but everything is relative...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Frank
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>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Frank
>>>>>Shenanigans!!
>>>>>I do the voodoo that I do do with sudo!
>>>>>http://www.syncoder.com
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
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