OpenVPN and Firewall

[NoOp]

On 09/27/2010 06:19 PM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-09-28 at 07:33 +0800, Christopher Chan wrote:
>> 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...
> 
> 
> I did not clarify it. I am trying to connect to a third-party VPN server
> with my PC as a client. I am asking about how to configure my PC so as
> to connect to the server.
> 
> As long as my PC's firewall is stopped, VPN works OK. When I start the
> firewall, VPN does not work (Firefox tries to connect to a web site but
> it doesn't get a response).
> 
> 
> OpenVPN client connects OK to VPN server, both with the firewall started
> and stopped.

Perhaps these will help:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VPNClient
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenVPN
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Firestarter