[wellylug] DSE XH1151 router/firewall and VPN

[Geraint Jones]

Most home users don't have a hardware firewall, so don't worry about you
being in a DMZ, you can bet the VPN server is unfirewalled or in a DMZ
anyway.

I assume he looks after the laptop ? so as long as he has done his job
well and its all patched and upto date you have nothing to worry about.

Geraint Jones
Systems Administrator
French Maid Foods Limited
www.french-maid.net
 
Tel:  +64 (0)4 568 2687
Fax:  +64 (0)4 568 2345
Mob: +64 (0)21 739 240
-----Original Message-----
From: wellylug-admin at lists.wellylug.org.nz
[mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.wellylug.org.nz] On Behalf Of Bill
Christiansen
Sent: Tuesday, 14 December 2004 7:56 a.m.
To: WellyLUG
Subject: [wellylug] DSE XH1151 router/firewall and VPN

I connect to Paradise and use a DSE X1151 router/firewall to connect
my Linux boxes on my home network, but I also need to plug in my
work's laptop to connect to the corporate lan over VPN. I found it
works fine if I configure the IP for the laptop as a DMZ, otherwise I
can't get a reliable VPN connection (just keeps dropping out). My
work's IT guy is not too happy about using a DMZ as he said it defeats
the purpose of having a firewall. Just thought there maybe someone
with a similar setup that's beenn down this road before.

Bill


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