Linux LVM

Quite a few LVM articles

• Setting Up Logical Volume Manager
• Extending a Logical Volume
• Shrinking a Logical Volume With LVM
• Adding a RAID1 Device to a Volume With LVM
• Upgrading LVM To Version 2 and Patching The Linux Kernel
• Finish Conversion And Expansion to Two RAID1 Devices With LVM

Work on VPN

Requirements:

• Linux GW behind NAT FW (LAN --- VPN GW --- ISP's NAT FW --- Internet --- RoadWarriors)
• RoadWarriors with Windows XP clients
• X 509 certificate
• Using Trustix Enterprise FW product

Readings:

• FreeS/WAN FAQ (Trustix is based on FreeS/WAN)
• X 509 FreeS/WAN Install & Config doc (with doc on Virtual IP and wildcart subnets)
• Mentioning Windows XP Client & cert setup process
• Automated CMAK to streaming VPN client cert

Current problem:

• Trustix alone is not possible, having a problem with NAT packet
• Asking for suppot from Trustix and waiting...
• Problem detail is here (in Trustix forum)

Update (2004/11/28):

• I think I found an idea from reading the docs above
• From this doc
• and from here
• This is a very cool NAT + VPN setting
• Advanced config: RoadWarrior with Virtual IP

Update (2005/01/01):

• The plan to using Trustix package is now scrapped. Trustix comes with an old version of FreeS/WAN with X509, BUT without NAT-T patch. I couldn't patch the package myself without proper source made available by Trustix.

End result:

• Switched to using OpenVPN and it's done in a few days. I'll post more about this stuff later on.