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It's 24 Nov 97  17:34,
We'll return to dombaines@dial.pipex.com and All's
discussion of Linux & LAN connection using PPP

 do> The Internet side (Linux Server 1) of the PPP connection has real IP
 do> numbers. (I do have 3 extra IP's spare if needed)
 do> The PPP connection have 192.168.2.x IP numbers.
 do> The LAN side (Linux Server 2) of the PPP connection has 192.168.1.x
 do> private IP numbers.

 do> The PPP connection could be 100%, dial on demand or manual connection
 do> yet to be decided (advice ?).

You could try diald for demand dialing (works pretty well and is highly
configurable.

 do> I need to firewall protect both ends of the PPP connection whilst
 do> allowing FTP, HTTP, News & email traffic through from LAN to Internet.
 do> (I could add an extra box in at either end to achieve this.)

 do> Linux Server 2 and LAN also have HTTP, FTP, and an Oracle server that
 do> sometimes need to be connected to by the Internet side of the
 do> connection. There is also Video Conferencing (CU-SeeMe) used from LAN
 do> out to the Internet.

Check out the Firewall How-To.  It contains information on building both
packet filtering (supported by the kernel) and proxy based firewalls.
You may not need IP masq, since a proxy firewall will achieve the same
result as a side effect of its operation.

... Sysop - A guy who likes watching others use his computer.
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