RE: Smoothwall

["Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>]

Chris,

I was assuming that the firewall rulebase would stop the port access to
the box requried to run a shell before the packets got far enough up the
stack?

Mark Harrison
Head of Systems, eKingfisher


-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Bond [mailto:chris@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 13 February 2002 14:03
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Smoothwall


Don't expect the linux shell to be secure if you use shell accounts :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 1:57 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Smoothwall


> Don - thanks. I'll give it a go!
>
> Mark Harrison
> Head of Systems, eKingfisher
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don McAllister [mailto:donmc@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 13 February 2002 13:52
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Smoothwall
>
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> I'm currently using Smoothwall on my home network and can quite
happily
> access my corporate Network via Microsoft VPN.
>
> Cheers
> Don
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 13 February 2002 12:05
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Smoothwall
> >
> > Can any one currently using this tell me whether it's possible
for a
> > Client inside a smoothwall network to connect to a Microsoft VPN
> server
> > outside?
> >
> > I'm currently running a rather old IPCHAINS setup on SUSE
(connecting
> > with an ethernet card inside and an ISDN card outside, IYSWIM.)
> Surfing
> > and IRC work fine, but in order to get the Microsoft VPN stuff
working
> > (which Mary needs for work), I need yet another kernel patch, and
> life's
> > not long enough ;-(
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mark
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