Tom Eastep 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Thomas M. Eastep Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License. Shorewall easily supports PPTP in a number of configurations. I have not used PPTP in years and as a consequence, this document is no longer maintained (any volunteers?). As far as I know, the information regarding Shorewall configuration is still valid but the configurations shown for for the other components may no longer work. For the most part, they show configuration files that I used when I worked for Compaq and used PPTP as my work VPN.

I recommend reading the VPN Basics article if you plan to implement any type of VPN.

You will need a WINS server (Samba configured to run as a WINS server is fine). Global section from /etc/samba/smb.conf on my WINS server (192.168.1.3) is: [global] workgroup = TDM-NSTOP netbios name = WOOKIE server string = GNU/Linux Box encrypt passwords = Yes log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 0 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 os level = 65 domain master = True preferred master = True dns proxy = No wins support = Yes printing = lprng [homes] comment = Home Directories valid users = %S read only = No create mask = 0664 directory mask = 0775 [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba printable = Yes

Here is a copy of my /etc/ppp/options.poptop file: ipparam PoPToP lock mtu 1490 mru 1490 ms-wins 192.168.1.3 ms-dns 206.124.146.177 multilink proxyarp auth +chap +chapms +chapms-v2 ipcp-accept-local ipcp-accept-remote lcp-echo-failure 30 lcp-echo-interval 5 deflate 0 mppe-128 mppe-stateless require-mppe require-mppe-stateless System 192.168.1.3 acts as a WINS server so I have included that IP as the ms-wins value. I have pointed the remote clients at my DNS server -- it has external address 206.124.146.177. I am requiring 128-bit stateless compression. Here's my /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Secrets for authentication using CHAP # client server secret IP addresses CPQTDM\\TEastep * <shhhhhh> 192.168.1.7 TEastep * <shhhhhh> 192.168.1.7 I am the only user who connects to the server but I may connect either with or without a domain being specified. The system I connect from is my laptop so I give it the same IP address when tunneled in at it has when I use its wireless LAN card around the house. You will also want the following in /etc/modules.conf: alias ppp-compress-18 ppp_mppe alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate

PoPTop (pptpd) is available from http://www.poptop.org/. Here is a copy of my /etc/pptpd.conf file: option /etc/ppp/options.poptop speed 115200 localip 192.168.1.254 remoteip 192.168.1.33-38 I specify the /etc/ppp/options.poptop file as my ppp options file (I have several). The local IP is the same as my internal interface's (192.168.1.254). I have assigned a remote IP range that overlaps my local network. This, together with proxyarp in my /etc/ppp/options.poptop file make the remote hosts look like they are part of the local subnetwork. I use this file to start/stop pptpd -- I have this in /etc/init.d/pptpd: #!/bin/sh # # /etc/rc.d/init.d/pptpd # # chkconfig: 5 12 85 # description: control pptp server # case "$1" in start) echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward modprobe ppp_async modprobe ppp_generic modprobe ppp_mppe modprobe slhc if /usr/local/sbin/pptpd; then touch /var/lock/subsys/pptpd fi ;; stop) killall pptpd rm -f /var/lock/subsys/pptpd ;; restart) killall pptpd if /usr/local/sbin/pptpd; then touch /var/lock/subsys/pptpd fi ;; status) ifconfig ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}" ;; esac

Here' a basic setup that treats your remote users as if they were part of your loc zone. Note that if your primary Internet connection uses ppp0, then be sure that loc follows net in /etc/shorewall/zones. /etc/shorewall/tunnels: #TYPE ZONE GATEWAY GATEWAY ZONE pptpserver net 0.0.0.0/0 /etc/shorewall/interfaces: #ZONE INTERFACE BROADCAST OPTIONS loc ppp+

If you want to place your remote users in their own zone so that you can control connections between these users and the local network, follow this example. Note that if your primary Internet connection uses ppp0 then be sure that vpn follows net in /etc/shorewall/zones as shown below. /etc/shorewall/tunnels: #TYPE ZONE GATEWAY GATEWAY ZONE pptpserver net 0.0.0.0/0 /etc/shorewall/zones: #ZONE TYPE net ipv4 loc ipv4 vpn ipv4 /etc/shorewall/interfaces: #ZONE INTERFACE BROADCAST OPTIONS net eth0 206.124.146.255 loc eth2 192.168.10.255 vpn ppp+ Your policies and rules may now be configured for traffic to/from the vpn zone.

Often there will be situations where you want multiple connections from remote networks with these networks having different firewalling requirements. Here's how you configure this in Shorewall. Note that if your primary Internet connection uses ppp0 then be sure that the vpn{1-3} zones follows net in /etc/shorewall/zones as shown below. /etc/shorewall/tunnels: #TYPE ZONE GATEWAY GATEWAY ZONE pptpserver net 0.0.0.0/0 /etc/shorewall/zones: #ZONE TYPE fw firewall net ipv4 loc ipv4 vpn1 ipv4 vpn2 ipv4 vpn3 ipv4 /etc/shorewall/interfaces: #ZONE INTERFACE BROADCAST OPTIONS net eth0 206.124.146.255 loc eth2 192.168.10.255 - ppp+ /etc/shorewall/hosts: #ZONE HOST(S) OPTIONS vpn1 ppp+:192.168.1.0/24 vpn2 ppp+:192.168.2.0/24 vpn3 ppp+:192.168.3.0/24 Your policies and rules can now be configured using separate zones (vpn1, vpn2, and vpn3) for the three remote network.

If you have a single external IP address, add the following to your /etc/shorewall/rules file: /etc/shorewall/rules: #ACTION SOURCE DEST PROTO DEST PORT(S) DNAT net loc:<server address> tcp 1723 DNAT net loc:<server address> 47 If you have multiple external IP address and you want to forward a single <external address>, add the following to your /etc/shorewall/rules file: /etc/shorewall/rules: #ACTION SOURCE DEST PROTO DEST PORT(S) SOURCE ORIGINAL # PORT(S) DEST DNAT net loc:<server address> tcp 1723 - <external address> DNAT net loc:<server address> 47 - - <external address> You will also want to add this entry to your /etc/shorewall/masq file: #INTERFACE SUBNET ADDRESS PROTO <external interface> <server address> <external address> 47 Be sure that the above entry comes before any other entry that might match the server's address.

Please see this article.

The key elements of this setup are as follows: Define a zone for the remote network accessed via PPTP. Associate that zone with a ppp interface. Define rules for PPTP traffic to/from the firewall. Define rules for traffic two and from the remote zone. Here are examples from one of my old setups: /etc/shorewall/zones: #ZONE TYPE cpq ipv4 /etc/shorewall/interfaces: #ZONE INTERFACE BROADCAST OPTIONS - ppp+ /etc/shorewall/hosts: #ZONE HOST(S) OPTIONS cpq ppp+:!192.168.1.0/24 /etc/shorewall/tunnels: #TYPE ZONE GATEWAY GATEWAY ZONE pptpclient net 0.0.0.0/0 I use the combination of interface and hosts file to define the cpq zone because I also run a PPTP server on my firewall (see above). Using this technique allows me to distinguish clients of my own PPTP server from arbitrary hosts at Compaq; I assign addresses in 192.168.1.0/24 to my PPTP clients and Compaq doesn't use that RFC1918 Class C subnet. I use this script in /etc/init.d to control the client. The reason that I disable ECN when connecting is that the Compaq tunnel servers don't do ECN yet and reject the initial TCP connection request if I enable ECN :-( #!/bin/sh # # /etc/rc.d/init.d/pptp # # chkconfig: 5 60 85 # description: PPTP Link Control # NAME="Tandem" ADDRESS=tunnel-tandem.compaq.com USER='Tandem\tommy' ECN=0 DEBUG= start_pptp() { echo $ECN > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn if /usr/sbin/pptp $ADDRESS user $USER noauth $DEBUG; then touch /var/lock/subsys/pptp echo "PPTP Connection to $NAME Started" fi } stop_pptp() { if killall /usr/sbin/pptp 2> /dev/null; then echo "Stopped pptp" else rm -f /var/run/pptp/* fi # if killall pppd; then # echo "Stopped pppd" # fi rm -f /var/lock/subsys/pptp echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn } case "$1" in start) echo "Starting PPTP Connection to ${NAME}..." start_pptp ;; stop) echo "Stopping $NAME PPTP Connection..." stop_pptp ;; restart) echo "Restarting $NAME PPTP Connection..." stop_pptp start_pptp ;; status) ifconfig ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}" ;; esac Here's my /etc/ppp/options file: # # Identify this connection # ipparam Compaq # # Lock the port # lock # # We don't need the tunnel server to authenticate itself # noauth +chap +chapms +chapms-v2 multilink mrru 1614 # # Turn off transmission protocols we know won't be used # nobsdcomp nodeflate # # We want MPPE # mppe-128 mppe-stateless # # We want a sane mtu/mru # mtu 1000 mru 1000 # # Time this thing out of it goes poof # lcp-echo-failure 10 lcp-echo-interval 10 My /etc/ppp/ip-up.local file sets up the routes that I need to route Compaq traffic through the PPTP tunnel: #/bin/sh case $6 in Compaq) route add -net 16.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 gw $5 $1 route add -net 130.252.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 gw $5 $1 route add -net 131.124.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 gw $5 $1 ... ;; esac Finally, I run the following script every five minutes under crond to restart the tunnel if it fails: #!/bin/sh restart_pptp() { /sbin/service pptp stop sleep 10 if /sbin/service pptp start; then /usr/bin/logger "PPTP Restarted" fi } if [ -n "`ps ax | grep /usr/sbin/pptp | grep -v grep`" ]; then exit 0 fi echo "Attempting to restart PPTP" restart_pptp > /dev/null 2>&1 & Here's a script and corresponding ip-up.local from Jerry Vonau jvonau@home.com that controls two PPTP connections.

Some ADSL systems in Europe (most notably in Austria and the Netherlands) feature a PPTP server builtinto an ADSL Modem. In this setup, an Ethernet interface is dedicated to supporting the PPTP tunnel between the firewall and the Modem while the actual Internet access is through PPTP (interface ppp0). If you have this type of setup, you need to modify the sample configuration that you downloaded as described in this section. These changes are in addition to those described in the QuickStart Guides. Lets assume the following: ADSL Modem connected through eth0 Modem IP address = 192.168.1.1 eth0 IP address = 192.168.1.2 The changes you need to make are as follows: Add this entry to /etc/shorewall/zones: #ZONE TYPE modem ipv4 That entry defines a new zone called modem which will contain only your ADSL modem. Add the following entry to /etc/shorewall/interfaces: #ZONE INTERFACE BROADCAST OPTIONS modem eth0 192.168.1.255 dhcp You will of course modify the net entry in /etc/shorewall/interfaces to specify ppp0 as the interface as described in the QuickStart Guide corresponding to your setup. Add the following to /etc/shorewall/tunnels: #TYPE ZONE GATEWAY GATEWAY ZONE pptpclient modem 192.168.1.1 That entry allows a PPTP tunnel to be established between your Shorewall system and the PPTP server in the modem.