Firewall issues

I am using the Cisco vpn client 4.8 and the firestarter 1.0.3 firewall, and unfortunately they do not work together out of the box. Disabling the firewall will let the vpn trafic through but this is not the optimal solution. To solve this problem I have found these references:

• LAMNK – recipy for allowing vpn trafic – the vpn device (aka cipsec0) can be fond in the status tab in the firestarter GUI when loaded.
• Cisco – firewall trouble shooting.
• Firestarter – vpn guidelines.

Now /etc/firestarter/user-pre have been updated according to LAMNK’s directions with the ifa vpn server address and my cipsec0 device. Apparently the vpn device that is shown in the firestarter device list is wrong since it says cipsec instead of the real name cipseq0, and now things seem to work out fine.

Edditing of the user-pre file in firestarter, please note that this is empty per default.

• chmod 600 /etc/firestarter/user-pre.
• sudo gedit /etc/firestarter/user-pre.
• Follow instructions on LAMNK.com.
• sudo /etc/init.d/firestarter restart.
• Cross your fingers and try out the setup with your browser.