MPD and client behind firewall

Gleb Smirnoff glebius at FreeBSD.org
Thu Jan 19 00:48:43 PST 2006


On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 04:29:15PM -0200, Tiago Cruz wrote:
T> > Masquarading GRE protocol, which is used by PPTP as transport, isn't
T> > simple. Not all NATs can do this. If you are going to server a lot
T> > of clients connecting from random places in the world, then you will
T> > face this problem time to time.
T> 
T> So, I'll desist to use PPTP, because my clients are from random places.	
T> Many thanks for this information!

Btw, there are also some dumb ISP (at least in Russia), who filter GRE.

T> > Can you check whether iptables support NATing PPTP?
T> 
T> Yes, but with some limitations...
T> 
T> Now, please, what can I do use on FreeBSD to my objectives?

As far as I understand your clients are Windows and you need to make
the process of logging in quite simple?

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