OpenVPN and Firewall

[Christopher Chan]

On Monday, September 27, 2010 10:40 PM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> OS: Ubuntu 10.04 x64.
>
> Firewall management: Firestarter.
>
>
> Hi, I am using OpenVPN (TUN interface, UDP protocol) to connect to a
> VPN, both in Windows Vista 32-bit and Linux x64.
>
> Under Windows it works OK. Under Linux it works OK as long as the
> firewall is disabled.
>
> Does anyone know any solution for this kind of VPN, working with
> Firestarter firewall?
>

Open port 1194 for tcp. That's what openvpn uses. Oh, you use 
udp...please forgive me if I wonder why you don't know what port to open 
in Firestarter if you know how to switch to udp instead of the default 
server configuration of tcp...