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05-29-2010, 04:52 PM
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Force VPN
Hi there!
is there a way to force a VPN connection so that non-encrypted traffic is blocked. the aim is to set up a box that will use only VPN connections and block any traffic that is not connected.
Thank you.
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05-30-2010, 11:09 AM
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Registered: Feb 2010
Distribution: gentoo, arch, fedora, freebsd
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you can use iptables
Code:
iptables -A OUTPUT -o ppp0 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -i ppp0 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -j DROP
ppp0 is vpn inerface here
Last edited by troop; 05-30-2010 at 11:10 AM.
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05-30-2010, 11:31 PM
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ooh thanks man! I've been meaning to learn IP Tables, for a few months now. Could you suggest a good beginners place to start?
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05-31-2010, 11:10 PM
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06-02-2010, 05:48 AM
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Thanks man, I've been looking for that second link for ages! i started to read it a couple of months back and forgot to bookmark it, it was very good. I'll give it a read later on this week. Thanks again!
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