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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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<articleinfo>
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<title>VPN, Netfilter and Shorewall — The Basics</title>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<firstname>Tom</firstname>
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<surname>Eastep</surname>
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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<pubdate>2004-12-18</pubdate>
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<copyright>
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<year>2004</year>
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<holder>Thomas M. Eastep</holder>
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</copyright>
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<legalnotice>
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<para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version
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1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with
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no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover, and with no Back-Cover
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Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
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<quote><ulink url="GnuCopyright.htm">GNU Free Documentation
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License</ulink></quote>.</para>
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</legalnotice>
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</articleinfo>
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<section>
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<title>Gateway-to-gateway traffic vs. Host-to-host traffic.</title>
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<para>The purpose of a <firstterm>Virtual Private Network</firstterm>
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(VPN) is to provide for secure communication between a set of hosts.
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Communication between a pair of hosts connected by a VPN occurs in
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stages:</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">Local-host-to-local-gateway</emphasis>.
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This communication is not encrypted; in the case where the traffic
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originates on the gateway itself, the communication is local to that
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system.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis
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role="bold">Local-gateway-to-remote-gateway</emphasis>. This
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communication is encrypted and can use a tunneling protocol such as
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GRE, AH or ESP or a standard protocol such as UDP or TCP. Some VPNs
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use multiple protocols; for example PPTP uses TCP port 1723 and GRE
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while IPSEC uses UDP port 500 together with ESP or AH.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">Remote-gateway-to-remote-host</emphasis>.
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This is just the unencrypted traffic described in the first item as it
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is delivered to its destination.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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<para>Of course, one-way communication generally isn't useful so we need
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traffic in the other direction as well.</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis
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role="bold">Remote-host-to-remote-gateway</emphasis>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis
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role="bold">Remote-gateway-to-local-gateway</emphasis>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis
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role="bold">Local-gateway-to-local-host</emphasis>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Relationship to Netfilter</title>
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<para>When Netfilter is configured on a VPN gateway, each VPN packet goes
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through Netfilter twice! Let's first consider outbound traffic:</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">Local-host-to-local-gateway</emphasis>.
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This traffic has a source address in the local network or on the
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gateway itself. The destination IP address is that of a remote host;
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either the remote gateway itself or a host behind that gaeway.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis
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role="bold">Local-gateway-to-remote-gateway.</emphasis> This
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(encrypted) traffic has a source IP address on the gateway and is
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addressed to the remote gateway.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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<para>Incoming traffic is similar.</para>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>What does this mean with Shorewall?</title>
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<para>When Shorewall is installed on a VPN gateway system, it catagorizes
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the VPN-related traffic slightly differently:</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Local-host-to-remote-host — same as Local-host-to-local-gateway
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above.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Local-gateway-to-remote-gateway.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Remote-gateway-to-local-gateway.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Remote-host-to-local-host — same as Local-gateway-to-local-host
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above.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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<para>Shorewall implements a set of features for dealing with VPN.</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>The <filename>/etc/shorewall/tunnels</filename> file. This file
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is used to define remote gateways and the type of encrypted traffic
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that will be passed between the Shorewall system and those remote
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gateways. In other words, the tunnels file deals with <emphasis
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role="bold">Local-gateway-to-remote-gateway</emphasis> and <emphasis
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role="bold">Remote-gateway-to-local-gateway</emphasis> traffic.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The <filename>/etc/shorewall/zones</filename> file. An entry in
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this file allows you to associated a name with the set of hosts behind
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the remote gateway (or to the remote gateway itself if it is a
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standalone system).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The <filename>/etc/shorewall/interfaces</filename> and
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<filename>/etc/shorewall/hosts</filename> files. These files are used
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to associate a set of remote hosts with the zone name defined in
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<filename>/etc/shorewall/zones</filename>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The <filename>/etc/shorewall/policy </filename>and
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<filename>/etc/shorewall/rules files</filename>. These files are used
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to define the connections that are permitted between the remote and
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local hosts -- in other words, the <emphasis
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role="bold">Local-host-to-remote-host</emphasis> and <emphasis
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role="bold">Remote-host-to-local-host</emphasis> traffic.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Eliminating the /etc/shorewall/tunnels file</title>
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<para>The /etc/shorewall/tunnels file provides no functionality that could
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not be implemented using entries in /etc/shorewall/rules and I have
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elimination of the /etc/shorewall/tunnels file as a long-term goal. The
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following sections show how entries in /etc/shorewall/tunnels can be
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replaced by rules for some common tunnel types.</para>
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<section>
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<title>IPSEC</title>
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<para>/etc/shorewall/tunnels:</para>
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<blockquote>
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<programlisting>#TYPE ZONE GATEWAY GATEWAY ZONE
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ipsec Z1 1.2.3.4 Z2</programlisting>
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</blockquote>
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<para>/etc/shorewall/rules:</para>
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<blockquote>
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<programlisting>#ACTION SOURCE DEST PROTO DEST SOURCE
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# PORT PORT(S)
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ACCEPT $FW Z1:1.2.3.4 udp 500
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ACCEPT Z1:1.2.3.4 $FW udp 500
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ACCEPT $FW Z1:1.2.3.4 50
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ACCEPT Z1:1.2.3.4 $FW 50
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ACCEPT $FW Z1:1.2.3.4 51
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ACCEPT Z1:1.2.3.4 $FW 51
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ACCEPT $FW Z2:1.2.3.4 udp 500
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ACCEPT Z2:1.2.3.4 $FW udp 500</programlisting>
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</blockquote>
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<para>The "noah" option causes the rules for protocol 50 to be
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eliminated. The "ipsecnat" causes UDP port 4500 to be accepted in both
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directions. If no GATEWAY ZONE is given then the last two rules above
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are omitted.</para>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>PPTP</title>
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<para>/etc/shorewall/tunnels:</para>
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<blockquote>
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<programlisting>#TYPE ZONE GATEWAY GATEWAY ZONE
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pptpserver Z1 1.2.3.4</programlisting>
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</blockquote>
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<para>/etc/shorewall/rules:</para>
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<blockquote>
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<programlisting>#ACTION SOURCE DEST PROTO DEST SOURCE
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# PORT PORT(S)
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ACCEPT Z1:1.2.3.4 $FW tcp 1723
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ACCEPT $FW Z1:1.2.3.4 47
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ACCEPT Z1:1.2.3.4 $FW 47</programlisting>
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</blockquote>
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<para>Tunnel type "pptpclient" simply reverses the direction of the tcp
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port 1723 rule.</para>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>OpenVPN</title>
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<para>/etc/shorewall/tunnels:</para>
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<blockquote>
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<programlisting>#TYPE ZONE GATEWAY GATEWAY ZONE
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openvpn:P Z1 1.2.3.4</programlisting>
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</blockquote>
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<para>/etc/shorewall/rules:</para>
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<blockquote>
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<programlisting>#ACTION SOURCE DEST PROTO DEST SOURCE
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# PORT PORT(S)
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ACCEPT Z1:1.2.3.4 $FW udp P
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ACCEPT $FW Z1:1.2.3.4 udp P</programlisting>
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</blockquote>
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</section>
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</section>
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