Re: [Openvpn-users] OpenVPN feasibility Question

[Klaus Thielking-Riechert <klaus.thielking-riechert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

James,

On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 11:41:11AM -0500, James McCall wrote:

> I have an application that connects to a device within my network and I was
> wondering if Open VPN might be the solution I am looking for. The
> application requires multiple open ports in order to communicate internally,
> however attempts as port forwarding have been unsuccessful due to some
> unknown port or security measure on the device. I thought to bypass this by
> using a VPN so that the device would think the client was local. 

If this setup is compatible with your security policy this would
be a way to handle your communication efforts, espacially as OpenVPN only
needs one port opened on your router/firewall.

> So, I need to be able to route traffic through the router to an internal
> OpenVPN server and then to the device. Is this possible? 

Yes, that is no problem. You have to take care about the routing
from the device to your outside box as (from the devices view of
the network) the appropriate gateway would be the OpenVPN server.

> internal IP. I want to set up the internal server on a windows 2000 box, but
> have a Mandrake box to use if it's easier or better for my situation.

I would prefer the Linux box but you can even do it with the
Win2K server.

Best regards,

    Klaus

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