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Re: stealth firewalls


From: "Volker Tanger" <volker.tanger () discon de>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:31:50 +0100

ark () eltex ru wrote:


nuqneH,


HIqIm!   {{;-)


VPN peers are not required to be visible from VPN itself.

You can build a bridge that will take packet from (bridging) interface 0 on
machine A, encapsulate and encrypt it, send it via interface 1 to machine B's interface 1, that will decrypt it and send out via interface 0 on machine B,
and vice versa.


Yes - but A1 and B1 have visible IP interfaces to the rest of the world between them - thus A and B are no longer stealth firewalls by definition? At least if using standard VPN like IPsec?

As for A0 and B0, yes, that part was understood. Albeit I prefer "proper" (i.e. normal) routing over bridging. Makes debugging network connections easier IMHO.

Bye
        Volker

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