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@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >