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Re: [Openvpn-users] does linux machine need to accept the virtual network


  • Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] does linux machine need to accept the virtual network
  • From: Erich Titl <erich.titl@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:26:41 +0000


Wallace Yang wrote:
> Dear openvpn users:
> 
> I'm new - new to vpn, and linux, and this is my first
> post, so be gentle.  Consider:
> 
> There is a winvpn server, a winvpn client, and a linux
> machine in between.  The winvpn server and clients are
> on the same Lan, with the linux machine being a
> firewall to the outside world.  
> 
> I've been reading the howto - and there's something
> I'm not clear about.  When the virtual network is
> created by the server, it shouldn't be a subset or a
> superset of the physical network, correct?

correct

> 
> Let say the physical is 192.168.1.0/24, and the
> virtual is 192.168.2.0/24.
> 
> Do I have to accept packets with 192.168.2.0/24
> addresses in the forward chain in iptables of the
> linux machine? 

No, this is tunneled traffic.

cheers

Erich
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