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Date:      Thu, 2 Nov 2000 15:29:57 +0100 (CET)
From:      Christian Ruediger Bahls <christian@it-netservice.de>
To:        Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
Cc:        anderson@centtech.com, security <security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: pipsecd - thru port 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011021529180.2006-100000@phase2.intern.it-netservice.de>
In-Reply-To: <200011021300.eA2D0s433714@cwsys.cwsent.com>

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not to forget udp/500 <-> udp/500 for ISAKMP/IKE :))


On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote:

> In message <3A002C78.7F3537D4@centtech.com>, Eric Anderson writes:
> > I'm using ipsec (with pipsecd on two FreeBSD 4.1 machines) to build a
> > VPN.  I need to go thru a firewall, but I don't know which ports to
> > forward thru, or if this is even possible.. So here's what I want to do:
> > 
> > -----      -----      ------
> > | A | -----|FW |------| B  |
> > -----      -----      ------
> > 
> > machine A is a freebsd box inside the firewall (FW), B is the freebsd
> > box outside the firewall attempting to connect to A thru FW, in other
> > words, B thinks its connecting to FW port XX, but FW forwards port XX to
> > port XX on A, connecting the vpn thru the FW.. I currently have VPN's
> > set up with linux boxen with the SSH+PPP method, which works alright, it
> > would just work a LOT better with ipsec and such.. So, what ports do i
> > need to forward on FW to make this all work?
> 
> Pipsecd and IPsec use ESP and AH, protocols 50 & 51 (/etc/protocols), 
> NOT services (ports as in /etc/services) 50 & 51.  Your firewall must 
> be configured to pass packets matching the protocol.  As a picture is 
> worth a thousand words, here are samples from one of my IP Filter 
> firewalls.
> 
> pass in quick on xl0 proto esp from EXTERNAL_IP_ADDR to any
> pass out quick on xl0 proto esp from any to EXTERNAL_IP_ADDR
> pass in quick on xl0 proto ah from EXTERNAL_IP_ADDR to any
> pass out quick on xl0 proto ah from any to EXTERNAL_IP_ADDR
> 
> 
> Regards,                       Phone:  (250)387-8437
> Cy Schubert                      Fax:  (250)387-5766
> Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team   Internet:  Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca
> Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA
> Province of BC
> 
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-- 
Christian Bahls
Networking Dep.
iT-netservice GmbH
Leipzig, Germany




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