Re: Re(2): openvpn in spite of firewalls

2007-07-19 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:16:42 -0700 PETER EASTHOPE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > Not that I know of.  Is there an efficient & reliable > way to search for a UDP port? Nmap scans UDP ports with the -sU option. [snip] Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP)

Re: Re(2): openvpn in spite of firewalls

2007-07-19 Thread David Brodbeck
On Jul 19, 2007, at 9:16 AM, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: The socket concept is sound. Yet where administrators insist on closing ports & etc. indiscriminately, the concept is defeated. I'm afraid that your software will become a necessity in many environments. I don't know what sort of environment

Re(2): openvpn in spite of firewalls

2007-07-19 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
David, Alex, Karl & others, At Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:50:37 +0100 Karl wrote, kj> I presume that you do not have control over the firewall? Correct.  The socket concept is sound.  Yet where administrators insist on closing ports & etc. indiscriminately, the concept is defeated.  I'm afraid that y

Re: openvpn in spite of firewalls

2007-07-19 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 10:15:32AM -0700, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > Folk, > > I've installed openvpn on two systems and tried some > configurations including Example 2 from the man page. For those without access to the man page: Uses an UDP tunnel with static key security. > Seems that firewalls

Re: openvpn in spite of firewalls

2007-07-18 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 10:57:10AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > On Jul 18, 2007, at 10:15 AM, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > >> Folk, >> >> I've installed openvpn on two systems and tried some >> configurations including Example 2 from the man page. >> Seems that firewalls block successfully (sarcasm)

Re: openvpn in spite of firewalls

2007-07-18 Thread David Brodbeck
On Jul 18, 2007, at 10:15 AM, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: Folk, I've installed openvpn on two systems and tried some configurations including Example 2 from the man page. Seems that firewalls block successfully (sarcasm). Nevertheless, http, ssh, ftp and a few other protocols work. If you control

openvpn in spite of firewalls

2007-07-18 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, I've installed openvpn on two systems and tried some configurations including Example 2 from the man page. Seems that firewalls block successfully (sarcasm).  Nevertheless, http, ssh, ftp and a few other protocols work. Is there any chance of using one of the open ports for the tunnel b