VPN using IPSecuritas >> How to tell if it's Secure ??

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VPN using IPSecuritas >> How to tell if it's Secure ??

Hi,

I have set-up an office with a Linksys BEFSX41 VPN Router...

I then connect to this with IP Securitas, using a Static IP. IP Securitas connects fine, and i get the 'green light'.

I want to connect to a server in the office, and access shared volumes...

How do i do this & most importantly how do i do it securely ? Is there some test i can run that tells me that my data is being sent securely ?

eg Should i have port forwarding set-up on the VPN router, and should I use the finders "GO > Connect to Server" menu & using the routers static IP or a different IP ?

Cheers,

Charlie

Macbook 17" Duo2 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Jul 16, 2007 6:14 AM

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Answer 1

Camelot

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Jul 16, 2007 11:40 AM in response to Charlie Blundell

> Should i have port forwarding set-up on the VPN router

No. The whole point of the VPN is that your client appears to be on the internal network, therefore you don't need to do any port forwarding.

>should I use the finders "GO > Connect to Server" menu & using the routers static IP or a different IP ?

You should connect to the internal address of the server you're trying to connect to - e.g. the 192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x address, etc., not the public IP address.

Any traffic sent to the public IP address will not be secure.

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Answer 2

Jul 17, 2007 4:05 AM in response to Camelot

Hi thanks for this, it is really helpful.

Following you advice, i have tried using the "go" menu > "Connect to Server" and entering the IP address of the Server (the internal 192.168.1.101 address not the public IP address).

I have done this when IP Securitas is telling me that my VPN is active. It doesn't seam to work though.. Is there something else i am missing ?

To Give More Background:
The VPN is setup to connect to a Linksys Router in the remote office. That router also acts as the DHCP router for the entire remote office. I tell IP Securitas to use a virtual IP Address (which is 192.168.1.200 to ensure i'm in the same subnet, so i can try accessing the server)

When trying to access the server at 192.168.1.101 it doesn't seam to do much... I would have assumed when connected to the VPN that i could even use the Go>Network menu to view all the shared computers on the network...

Any Advice/suggestions/tools to check my settings are correct would be welcome.

Cheers.

Charlie

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