Re: [Firestarter-user] Help Understanding Why Firestarter is blocking y VPN connection to Hidemyass Proxy VPN server!

[David C. <web...@au...>]

I suggest you swap and use iptables. Firestarter has been dead and unmaintained for years. Fedora dropped it back in the FC12 days. I don't understand why Ubuntu still package a dead project.

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On 27/10/2012, at 4:33, Mike Edwards <mi...@ch...> wrote:

> Hi, I just started using the web proxy service Hidemyass with my Ubuntu 
> 12.04 box. I have set up the vpn connection in "Network Connections", 
> however, I only get a successful connection if I stop the firewall with 
> Firestarter. I have read lots and lots of forum threads and tried lots 
> of different settings but every time I start the firewall the connection 
> drops and every time I stop the firewall it works! I just can't find 
> accessible information regarding how to set-up Firestarter to let the 
> vpn connection through.
> 
> My current set-up in Firestarter is:
> 
> In the "Policy" tab > "Inbound traffic policy" > "Allow connections from 
> host" > [my vpn IP address]
> 
> In the "Policy" tab > "Inbound traffic policy":
> 
> Allow service: unknown
> Port: 1723
> For: my vpn IP address]
> In /etc/firestarter/user-pre (i.e., $ sudo gedit 
> /etc/firestarter/user-pre) I am using the following settings.
> 
>  # Forward PPTP VPN client traffic
> $IPT -A FORWARD -i $IF -o $INIF -p tcp --dport 1723 -m state --state 
> NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
> $IPT -A FORWARD -i $IF -o $INIF -p 47 -m state --state 
> NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
> $IPT -A FORWARD -i $INIF -o $IF -p 47 -m state --state 
> NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
> 
> I'm really stuck with this. Any help would be really appreciated.
> 
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