Yes, unfortunately I can :) this is tricky isn't it? It could be a security hole I think, so I'll have some more googling around and see if I can find anything related. If I do I will share it. Btw, the VPN is up and running, thanks to your help. [root at srvgwvpn01 simone]# /sbin/ip addr 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue inet 127.0.0.1/8 brd 127.255.255.255 scope host lo 4: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/28 brd xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx scope global eth0 5: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 inet 192.168.0.1/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global eth1 Have a nice day Simone Maciej Żenczykowski wrote: > Can you verify that indeed the "ip addr" command shows no virtual > interfaces? > > Cheers, > MaZe > > On Fri, 27 May 2005, Simone wrote: > >> Hi, still trying to understand one thing. I would definitely like to >> tell iptables to accept all packets coming from remote vpn only if >> they hit the $VIRTUALVPNINTERFACE. I tried -o ipsec0 but this is not >> working, looks like ipsec0 device doesn't exist or it is not >> recognized. I red on the Openswan users list, that Linux kernel 2.6 >> native ipsec don't create ipsec* interface (if I am not wrong this is >> something backported on kernel 2.4 RHEL3) just add a route to remote >> network through eth0, so if I want to ssh the vpn server on his >> internal ip from the other side of the vpn I need >> >> $IPTABLES -A INPUT -i *$EXTIF* -s $MYEXTNETWORK -d $INTIP -p tcp -m >> tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT >> >> and this is true for any other rule I would use ipsec0 in, I have to >> use $EXTIF. >> >> Even if I am going to set sshd to listen on a different port, I am a >> little worried this could harm my machine in any way. >> >> Comments are welcome >> >> Have a nice day >> Simone >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >