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RE: [Openvpn-devel] Opvenvpn as gateway



Title: RE: [Openvpn-devel] Opvenvpn as gateway

Scenario is:

Client    - - - - - - - - - --  Gateway Server -- - - - - - - |
                                                                                  |- - - -  Server 1
                                                                                  |- - - -  Server 2
 
With OpenVpn :

Client (openvpn)    - - - - TUN- - - - - --  Gateway Server (openvpn) -- - - - - - - |
                                                                                                                    |- - - -  Server 1

                                                                                                                    |- - - -  Server 2

I need to redirect IP packets from Client to Server1 and Server2 through Gateway depending upon request parameters.
Here Gateway is Apache Proxy with Server 1 and Server 2 as backend/protected servers.
Can I route ip packets from Client to backend servers ip through TUN tunnel?
Or
Does openvpn provides hook-ups to filter ip-packets? I can use that to filter ip packets at TUN of Gateway.


Thanx & Regards,
Satinder Singh



-----Original Message-----
From: Denis Vlasenko [mailto:vda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 2:02 PM
To: satinders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; openvpn-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Openvpn-devel] Opvenvpn as gateway


On Wednesday 22 September 2004 09:47, satinders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Can openvpn be used as gateway? I place a openvpn server which forwards
> requests to different servers depending upon messages sent by client.
> Does openvpn provide any feature for this?

What requests and messages? http? ftp? icq?
Provide some details please.
--
vda