[olug] Home network, firewall, vpn design..

[Phil Brutsche]

Ken wrote:

> Cable Modem / Internet (Cox)
>          |
>          |
> OpenBSD (P100,32MB) - pf, nat/dhcp
>          |	
>          |
> Linksys Switch 8 port -----------------
>          |                             |
>          |                Compaq Switch/Router 4port + 802.11b
>          |                             (dhcp disabled)
>          |                             |
>          |-- Linux (P3,750MHz,192MB)   |-- Laptop (WinXP, wifi)
>          |       * VPN, FreeS/WAN?     |-- iPAQ PocketPC (wifi)
                           ^^^^^^^^^
Depending on how you have things set up you're setting yourself up for 
nothing but pain.  IPsec does not always like being passed through a 
firewall.  Your best best would be to beef up the OpenBSD box a bit and 
put IPsec on that.

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Phil Brutsche
phil at brutsche.us