Hello I have a linux machine which does various things for my corporate users : - running squid and squidGuard with ncsa auth for http/https/ftp outgoing traffic - running xinetd to redirect some incoming traffic to private ip servers - running iptables to do some snat/dnat on some outgoing traffic that can't be masqueraded (proprietary protocols) - running iptables to do general masquerading for a few users this machine has a single nic with several vlans, some vlans have aliases to handle several IPs thought not simple, it works fine now I added a PoPToP server on it and things are going bad : - when pptpd runs, people on one of the internal vlans can hardly sign-on, whereas people on the other vlans have no problems. squid just doesn't ask for authentification, then the client browser just can't connect to any external site. sometimes after relaunching the browser several times the client can get the signon box and gains access to the outer world again, but often he doesn't get it and can't go out. - when the pptp traffic goes throught the masqueraded interface (only one is masqueraded among all) it's very hard to sign-on, there are very often LCP time-out errors (on the poptop side) and error 678 on the windows side, whereas when the pptp traffic only goes throught non masqueraded interfaces there are no access problems (actually I start the pptpd daemon so it listens only on one ip). Nevertheless, the first problem above happens whatever interface the pptp traffic goes throught. I understand quite well that my iptables rules should get refined to solve the second problem, to ensure outgoing pptp traffic doesn't get nated or masqueraded or something like that. anyway I can get it solved by using another interface for a while. What I really can't understand is why and how having pptpd running can compromise squid's ncas authentification. and really it does : if a stop pptpd for say a hour, then anybody gets auth'd at the first try and can connect to any site, and as soon as i restart it, i get calls from people who don't receive their signon box and get blocked. Any idea how I could investigate such a problem, before i give up and put another machine beside with just pptpd ? tia - * - * - * - * - * - * - Bien sûr que je suis perfectionniste ! Mais ne pourrais-je pas l'être mieux ? Thierry ITTY eMail : Thierry.Itty@xxxxxxxxxxxx FRANCE
