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Date:      Thu, 18 Mar 1999 17:37:10 -0500
From:      Kurt Seel <kseel@utcorp.com>
To:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SKIP on 3.1
Message-ID:  <36F18016.5BA99C21@utcorp.com>
References:  <199903182204.OAA94934@bubba.whistle.com>

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Archie Cobbs wrote:

> Charles Henrich writes:
> > Im attempting to build a skip tunnel between two machiens that are tunning
> > IPFW+NAT ... So basically in pictures:
> >
> >
> > 10.x <---> [IPFW+NAT] <---> The Internet <--> [IPFW+NAT] <---> 10.x
> >
> > I want to build a VPN between the two 10 networks... Any suggestions, points
> > hints, RTFM's (which M? :) etc?  Thanks!
> >
> > =====
> >
> > My problem is I cant see how to create a VPN link between the two 10 networks
> > without going through the NAT translation, which would totally break the VPN
> > software.  Any ideas?
>
> Don't use NAT at all, just do SKIP in tunnel mode and use the -f
> flag to skiphost to make sure the source address for your packets
> is the routable address and not the 10.x address.
>
> If you *also* want address translation for the 10.x nets to reach
> the outside world, this is do-able but takes some care (I've never

 I used iptunnel (with skip) to accoplish this after it became appearent that
the level of 'care' needed was beyond my fuzzy little brain.
 The only caveat for is that I can't talk to the far 10.x net from one of
the routers :-(
 If you want the configs, contact me off-list.

>
> done it myself). See the notes in README.FreeBSD.
>
> -Archie
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
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