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by cvchristensen

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I need some insight into the best approach to set up a VPN solution for one of my customers. They currently use a RedHat Linux box to run GShield as their firewall. The are also running their production Website and Mail server on it also.
They have a Windows 2000 Domain and network behind it. Remote Windows Clients need VPN Access to the domain.

The two options that I see are:

1. Configure VPN on the current Firewall/HTTP/Mail box either to work with GShield or replace it.

2. Setup a separate server to handle only the PPTP VPN to the internal network\domain.

I appeciate any insight form those more experienced than myself.

Thanks,
Chris

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by acattr

it would be best to make the Linux box do VPN. that way you have only one machine dealing with routing on that one side. But if you don't know anything about linux, it would be a problem for you.

If you setup a second box to do the vpn, you mayhave to establish the proper routes between it and the firewall for workstations to be able to see the internet and the vpn.

IF the box will be behind the firewall, you may have to forward tcp 1723 and protocol 47 for PPTP to the w2k box.

Netopia makes a decent vpn/IP router (9100 model, around $500) that does vpn and NAT. they have great documentation on setting up PPTP and IPSEC vpns with other vendors.

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