Re: [Firestarter-user] Help Understanding Why Firestarter is blocking y VPN

[Balasubramaniam N. <bal...@gm...>]

On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 1:58 PM, <
fir...@li...> wrote:

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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:33:29 +0100
> From: Mike Edwards <mi...@ch...>
> Subject: [Firestarter-user] Help Understanding Why Firestarter is
>         blocking y VPN connection to Hidemyass Proxy VPN server!
> To: fir...@li...
> Message-ID: <508...@ch...>
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> 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.
>
>
>
>

Mike could you post the output of # iptables -L  and $ ifconfig ?

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Balasubramaniam Natarajan
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