[Openswan Users] Newbie question: Using openswan as a proxy server

[Peter McGill]

Openswan uses IPSec to encrypt tcp/ip traffic between two host computers.
It can also tunnel traffic from networks connected to those computers through the encrypted connection.
It requires cooperation and setup/configuration between both end hosts.
It is a secure virtual private network tool, not a proxy server.
It is not designed to do what your requesting.
In theory you could setup a tunnel with a cooperating host in the US, which could forward traffic on your behalf.
However, you would either need to send all internet traffic down the tunnel or setup a separate tunnel for each
ip you wanted to connect to via the tunnel. Neither is a good solution.
Your probably better off investigating GRE to accomplish your goals.
But you'll still need a cooperating host in the US for GRE as well.
If you have a friend in the US to connect to, search the net for: gre linux
You should find lots of documentation on setting it up.
 
 
Peter McGill
 


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From: users-bounces at openswan.org [mailto:users-bounces at openswan.org] On Behalf Of Sysin G
Sent: October 13, 2007 10:09 AM
To: users at openswan.org
Subject: [Openswan Users] Newbie question: Using openswan as a proxy server


Hello,

I've been going through HOWTOs and documentation and I'm trying to figure out 
if Openswan is the the right tool for the job, and how to set this up.

My setup is:

Home machine (Windows XP) 192.168.0.2
Home router LAN (Linksys WRTP54G) 192.168.0.1
Home router WAN xx.xx.xx.xx
Remote machine (Fedora FC6) yy.yy.yy.yy

My goal is:

To set things up so that, when accessing certain sites from home,
all traffic will be routed through the remote machine. The reason
is that I live in Europe, and I want to access certain TV and radio
sites that will only serve content to US hosts.
 
Some of these sites are now sofisticated enought that a simple HTTP
proxy will not trick them.
 
Is Openswan the right tool? Are there any resources that describe
setting up a system like this?
 
Many thanks,
 
Simon
 

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