OpenVPN is a free and open source software SSL VPN solution. It allows secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections with routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities.

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using opendns, but why does dnsleak test show 5 opendns ip's?

Am using a vpn along with opendns, so there's no dns leaks. I use dnsleaktest to check, and it shows many opendns ip's. Shouldn't it just show on dns ip being in use? I'm not sure if I have my dns ...
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Accessing media drive over VPN

I have set up a VPN server using OpenVPN on my home Ubuntu 10 box as a means to access my home network drives and media drives whilst at work and on the move. I get a valid connection, can ping and ...
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Accessing DLNA over VPN [duplicate]

I have set up a VPN server using OpenVPN on my home Ubuntu 10 box as a means to access my home network drives and media drives whilst at work and on the move. I get a valid connection, can ping and ...
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Keep computer name the same over LAN and VPN

I have a small home network and a OPENVPN server on one of them. The VPN is working but instead of keeping the same computer name over VPN they change to their ip like 10.8.1.4 etc. Is there a way so ...
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OpenVPN does not seem to complete connection sequence

My workplace has a VPN set up, which I sused to connect to using OpenVPN on Win XP. Now I'm trying to achieve the same on a Win 7 64bit box. I installed the OpenVPN client, put the config in the ...
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DD-WRT home VPN setup..help needed

I currently have 2 routers. Router 1 is my primary gateway. It is actiontec wifi router that I got from frontier communications. (192.168.1.1) Router 2 is a Netgear N600 Dual Band, DD-WRT based ...
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using OpenVPN client on a server

I can successfully use openvpn on a Ubuntu 12.10 box to connect to my provider. This creates the tun0 device. However, this box hosts a webserver and a mailserver (among others). My router (gateway ...
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Can I access a network resources through SSL Vpn (OpenVpn)?

I'm really confused about some related things in the Vpn uses.. especially in sharing only the internet & accessing all the resources(printer, files..etc) that are available in the network and be ...
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VirtualBox, multiple OpenVPN connections and network config

We are setting up a system for software acceptance testing. The test computers will run Win7 or Win Server 2003 R2. The test computers will have multiple VirtualBox VMs on which the programs under ...
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OpenVPN Android Certificates [migrated]

I'm having trouble with my openVPN certificates and my android device. I'm using the official openvpn client on android with a zeroshell box running openvpn using host to lan. I've generated and ...
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FTP to a server through a VPN on the same server?

I have a remote server (at home but I'm at university) which is running a VPN, I am connecting through the university network, through the vpn server to the internet. That server does a bit of ...
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OpenVPN - Disconnect old connection when requesting new one

Can I configure my OpenVPN so that when I try to connect to a server, an already established connection gets disconnected? I always have to manually disconnect the old one and then connect to the ...
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VPN for Home to watch TV on the go

My ISP offers TV on tablets, phones, etc. where I have to use an app, but I still have to have that traffic flow through my modem. What would be the best solution to setting up a VPN for probably just ...
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OpenVPN doesn't tunnel

I have a openvpn server which listens port 443 but it doesn't seem to tunnel my connections. I run the client in a network that blocks FTP connections, it says it is connected to my server but in ...
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How can I tighten up my Windows 7 machine against other machines from a connected VPN network?

I have to run the OpenVPN client on my Windows 7 machine and I'm wondering what security issues this might rise? I'm primarily interested in security matters concerning machines from within the VPN: ...
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Pass through OpenVPN only connections to specific destinations?

I want to connect to various streaming sites from outside US. So I using one of OpenVPN provider to do so. Default config file from provider redirects through OpenVPN all traffic. I want to change ...
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Connect through VPN for a single SSH session (OS X)

I want to be able to connect (SSH) to a remote server that is whitelisted to my organisation's OpenVPN server. Currently I can do this by starting TunnelBlick, then SSHing. Disadvantages: Need to ...
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OpenVPN configuration

Preamble: I am lucky to have an IP subnet which has real IPs, so no NAT. I have a network from 1.2.3.0 to 1.2.3.128. I have a Debian server with an eth0 interface say 1.2.4.9. Now I want to have an ...
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TL-WR340GD :: install VPN server onto router

Is there any way or firmware, which allows to install VPN server (OpenVPN, whatever) on TP-Link TL-WR340GD? I need to connect to the router from wild internet through it's "external" IP (WAN) and get ...
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Edit Amahi connection port in HDAConnect

I installed Amahi server on a VMWare virtual machine and everything is working fine. I changed the listening port in the amahi conf file, from 1194 to 443 (because there are some places where 1194 is ...
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Autotype credentials to OpenVPN from KeePass

I try to use Autotype feature of KeePass (2.16) on credentials window of OpenVPN (v3, windows 7 x64). But it is not input any characters. I try Hotkey and menu item "Autotype" in KeePass nothing ...
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openvpn 2.2.1 error from SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations

I am trying to use OpenVPN 2.2.1 on Linux (Ubuntu 12.04) to connect to a VPN server maintained by a colleague. He uses TunnelBlick (on a Mac) successfully. I am trying to use his client configuration ...
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Route traffic selectively through OpenVPN as a SOCKS proxy

Is it possible to convert OpenVPN traffic into a SOCKS proxy locally, so that applications can use the VPN only when needed by connecting to the SOCKS proxy? I'm aiming for something like Underleech ...
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OpenVpn Stops working now

Here is the situation.... Few days ago OpenVpn Portable / Expatshield and other vpn application works perfectly on my network.. My ISP blocks some port and now the vpn doesnt work on my ISP but not ...
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Redirecting or routing all traffic to OpenVPN on a Mac OS X client

I have configured an OpenVPN (2.2.1) server on an Ubuntu virtual machine in the Amazon elastic compute cloud. The server is up and running. I have installed OpenVPN (2.2.1) on a Mac OS X (10.8.2) ...
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OpenVPN and PPPoE

For the past month or so I've been smashing my head into my desk trying to setup an OpenVPN server on a PPPoE connection. Instead of the standard 1500 MTU, PPPoE has a 1492 MTU, which causes all kinds ...
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OpenVPN Client serving as “passthrough”

As a proof of concept, I'd like to use a VPN client serving as a kind of "proxy" to it's local LAN, making it available to all other VPN clients while he is connected. I think this is best explained ...
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OpenVPN causes WLAN/WiFi to disconnect in Linux?

If I configure my Wireless network on start up (wpa_supplicant & dhclient), the connection is fine until I launch OpenVPN. At which point the wireless interface disassociates (not until the ...
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How to send out some traffic via my vpn connection

I had a working setup where I could access all my work resources which are accessed via VPN going via my server previously however at some point recently this stopped working for no obvious reason. ...
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Using OpenVPN from Mac OSX Terminal, cannot load Tun/Tap

I am looking to use OpenVPN straight from the terminal instead of using a gui such as tunnelblick - but am encountering a couple of problems. I have tested my config file and it works fine so it is ...
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Routing in 10.8 Server - WiFI clients over VPN - Ethernet Clients not over VPN

I'm not sure I have the right hardware for this, but.... I have a Mac Mini i7 Server with a built-in ethernet (en0) and a thunderbolt ethernet (en1) and the built in airport. I would like to be able ...
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How do I stop OpenVPN from using every interface?

I've previously dealt with PPTP, which would give me the ppp0 interface that I could bind services to. However, OpenVPN covers all interfaces. How can I make it only work on a single interface, thus ...
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How to only pass browser traffic to openvpn connection

I have succesfully set up an openvpn connection. By using the parameters redirect-gateway def1 dhcp-option DNS 10.8.0.1 all traffic will go through the VPN, but I only want a specific application ...
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Using OpenVPN for specific application(s)

Is is possible to run Transmission or Google Chrome only using OpenVPN? Other applications should use default connection (eth0) since I am connected to Intranet which won't be accessible if all ...
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OpenVPN which linux works best with

I have had problems using OpenVPN on Ubuntu 11.04. I am not able to connect at all. I see there are some outstanding bugs related to this that also affect 12.04. Can anyone recommend a different ...
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OpenVPN connects but all pages timeout and won't load

A friend of mine setup a VPN to connect to his server using openvpn. I installed "network-manager-openvpn" (I'm in ubuntu) and I created a new VPN connection using the certificates he sent me. The VPN ...
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Need a way to force an application to use a specific network interface in OS X (10.8)?

Scenario: I have an HTPC computer that functions as both a server and client for the Plex Home Theater (fork of XBMC) suite (www.plexapp.com). There are 2 pieces of software for Plex: The player ...
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Why can't I connect to a computer over an OpenVPN connection?

A network topology diagram is here: I am able to establish a tunneling connection over OpenVPN from the PC to the OpenVPN server (icon is green). When I try to ping the Server, however, I get no ...
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OpenVPN server certificate configuration instructions for DD-WRT router do not match user interface

I'm setting up the OpenVPN server daemon on a Buffalo N600 router which came stock with DD-WRT v.24 SP2. I'm following the instructions at VPN (The Easy Way) V24+ to set up the server side of things ...
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Arguments to connect using Open Vpn windows client

Is it possible to start a windows openvpn client to make it connect using a predefined config (.ovpn) by supplying program arguments using command prompt. Or specifying the arguments in the shortcut ...
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OpenVPN overrides gateways

I have problem with OpenVPN on Linux, because it overrides my gateways, so all network traffic goes through VPN tunnel. I want to push through tunnel only traffic from specific subnet. My routes ...
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Getting OpenVPN Connect to work

I have set up an OpenVPN server on my Synology DS212j. I would like to get my Android device to connect to it, using the official OpenVPN Connect app. The OpenVPN server package on the Synology ...
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Automating Connection for open vpn

I have a vpn account which I use to connect for anonymous browsing. I am using Open Vpn client for windows 8 to connect to this account. I am looking to automate this connection (my login details ...
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How to bypass a firewall which asks for username and password [closed]

Here in my college we have a firewall installed by Fortinet. Whenever we open Firefox it asks for a username and password ... Once we enter that, accessing the internet is possible but with very very ...
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VPN on OSX disconnects after precisely 2 minutes and 30 seconds on specific network

When connecting to my own VPN server on a specific network, called public-network, my Mac disconnects the VPN connection after 2 minutes and 30 seconds. I have performed several tests and this is the ...
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Windows Selective Routing with OpenVPN

I have openvpn installed on my linux VPS. By default, the server pushes the routes the clients to redirect all traffic via the tunnel (redirect-gateway df1), which is what i normally want with most ...
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how to troubleshoot an OpenVPN TCP handshake?

I have a situation where my painfully configured DD-WRT router logs an incoming TCP connection "accepted" from my IP while my OpenVPN client logs a TCP connection as failed. With these logs, I'd look ...
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Connecting two networks with OpenWRT and OpenVPN (probably firewall)

I have read a few tutorials and threads, but I assume the problem is situated in the OpenWRT (firewall?) settings. I have a rootserver that acts as an OpenVPN server and two networks on OpenWRT ...
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OpenVPN Configuration File for Shared Hosting Server

Is it possible to create a OpenVPN Configuration File on Shared Hosting Server.. or i need a dedicated server?Reff: http://openvpn.net/
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Tunneling SSH VPN tunnel traffic on top of OpenVPN

I have established an SSL TLS OpenVPN connection between my server and client via OpenVPN. SSH and OpenVPN use the "tun" module in Linux to deploy an ifconfig device (with its own IP) through which ...

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