[ale] IPSec question

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Christopher Fowler wrote:
> Does IPSec work behind firewalls and NAT devices.  I want to use it to
> connect to our home office from remote but when I go into datacenters
> 99.9% of the time I get an address that is private and behind a NAT
> Firewall.

Yes it does, but you must have the proper modules in place for your 
firewall.  Ipchains has it, iptables did not, but I would hope they do 
by now.

I've done this in the past, with ipchains, so this is a real world 
verification.


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