[Openswan Users] Tunnel in tunnel question

Cameron Davidson cam73 at aanet.com.au
Sat Jun 2 20:20:00 EDT 2007


Just create extra tunnels.
The only unknown is whether stuff built into IPCop will make this more 
difficult.

Cameron.

Administrator wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I'm running IPCop firewall and have an openswap VPN between two sites.  
> The sites have multiple subnets behind the firewalls (intranet, dmz 
> etc.), and the VPN connects the two intranets.  I'd like to provide 
> access across the openswan vpn to the dmzs from the other site.  What is 
> the best way to do this?
>  
> IPCop's VPNs have a policy of dropping anything which is for the "wrong" 
> subnet.
>  
> I've tried adding eroutes / routes through the VPN tunnel, which didn't 
> work.  I've read the documentation, and can't see anything which would 
> help me.
>  
> Is it possible to simply create a tunnel (encrypted or non-encrypted) 
> within the vpn tunnel to carry the other traffic, or should I create 
> another tunnel (preferably using the same certificates) to carry this 
> other traffic?
>  
> Many thanks in advance
> David
> 
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