[KLUG Members] IPtables tunneling

[Eric Anderson]

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Here's a pretty decent URL with information on IPTables, configuration
syntax, etc.

http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialNetworkGateway.html

John Pesce (pescej@sprl.db.erau.edu) wrote*:
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>I'm sorta new to firewalls. I have IPTables up and running ok with all
>out going connections allowed with masquerading. This firewall is
>protecting a university campus lab, so we are behind the campus firewalls.
>
>The problem is that the upper management wants to loan out the use of a
>flexlm license to a rather expensive piece of software to a few computers
>in another building. The flexlm server is obviously behind our firewall.
>
>What would be the easiest/safest way to do this? Some terms like VPN and
>tunneling come to mind,  but I'm not familiar with them.
>I guess the safest, and most expensive way would be to run Cat5 from our
>lab to the other building :)
>
>What about things like VPN or WAN?
>
>Tunneling sounds the easiest, i guess I would somehow tell IPTables to
>forward the flexlm packets to the flexlm server??
>
>Any ideas, examples?
>
>Thanks!
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