[wellylug] DSE XH1151 router/firewall and VPN

Bill Christiansen bill.christiansen at gmail.com
Tue Dec 14 08:13:13 NZDT 2004


Thanks, that's what I thought, the laptop uses Cisco VPN and also has
a software firewall but the IT guy says you can never have too much
protection :)


On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 07:58:30 +1300, Geraint Jones
<g.jones at french-maid.co.nz> wrote:
> 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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