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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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PPTP without GRE: possible?

[I hope this is not off-topic here] I'm trying to set up a PPTP tunnel between a Linux (Debian 6) Server and a Windows 7 Client. The problem is, that the PPTP connection itself (ports 1723 and 47) ...
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VPN server on Debian with login access from Windows

I have a friend in a closed country that needs a VPN. I want to install a secure VPN server on my dedicated server. I have looked at PPTPD and OpenVPN, but I am not sure which one would be best? Or ...
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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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VPN over SSH (sudo ifup tun0, Failed to bring up tun0.)

I'm trying to follow this guide: http://bodhizazen.net/Tutorials/VPN-Over-SSH/ I'm having problems getting my VPN over SSH to work. I am pretty sure that I've done all the right steps, but I keep ...
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How to Connect to office workstation from linux machine?

I'm a newbie to Linux, I have installed Linux mint maya 13. I would like to connect to my office machine from this Linux version. I am actually an Intermediate level windows user, using it for the ...
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Can't connect to SSH over VPN when using 3G only

I'm having a bit of a strange problem that I'm not sure how to debug/fix. I have a Raspberry Pi connected to a Windows VPN via either a wired interface or 3G dongle. With the wired interface I can ...
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A Linux based VPN server that is compatible with the built in VPN client in Windows [closed]

OpenVPN looks good, but I'm hoping for a VPN server that is compatible with the built in VPN client in Windows. When doing a quick search it just comes up with VPN clients compatible with Windows. ...
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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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VPN connection from Linux Debian to Windows SBS 2008

I want to to connect a Netgear ReadyNAS Duo v2 that's hosted in a remote location to my local Windows SBS 2008 server over a VPN connection. I have enabled root access on the device but I'm not hsure ...
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How do I get L2TP to successfully install on Centos 5.9?

I am trying to setup a Centos 5.9 VPS as a L2TP VPN server. I am using this tutorial Tutorial but when I try to start Racoon with /etc/racoon/init.sh it gives me an error. pfkey_open: Address family ...
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Easy Homeserver Stack for Raspberry Pi [closed]

I want to use my RaspberryPi as Server with the following features: VPN endpoint WLAN authentication SMB file sharing central user/account management for all of the above (a web-ui would be great) ...
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Best way of reliably SSHing to a remote roaming linux host

I have a remote linux host that moves around the world on a boat. When the boat docks in a port the boat's network connects to (essentially) public wi-fi. I need to be able to administer the remote ...
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Failsafe VPN solution? [closed]

I need to set up a VPN solution. I experimented with PPTP, but I got a lot of problems. VPN connection doesn't work behind some routers or mobile / wifi connections. So I'm looking for a failsafe ...
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Speed limited to 1.5Mbit/s over PPTP in Linux

There is a remote network that I'm connecting to over the Internet via VPN (PPTP). The link is limited to 4 Mbit/s. When I connect to the network in Windows, I can download files over ftp at maximum ...
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connect to windows from ec2 via vpn

I am not sure if I should be asking this kind of question on stackoverflow, so if not please be kind and point me in the right direction. I am trying to connect my ec2 ubuntu 12.04 to a windows ...
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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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virtual network interfaces multiple vpn connections

I have 2 vpn connections and I want to be able to connect on both of them at the same time, running Fedora 18. My main idea was to run VirtualBox with 2 virtual machines, connect each of them on the ...
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Setup PPTP VPN server on linux

I want to setup a PPTP vpn server on linux so that I can connect to and use the internet of the VPN on both Windows 7 and Mac OS X. I know how to create an SSH tunnel, but I would like to learn about ...
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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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PPPoE, linux blocked by ISP?

I have two connections at different places, provided by two different ISPs. Both are using PPPoE to connect. When using Windows, I configure them in the same manner, except username and password of ...
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Linux pptpd only accepting one client connection?

In chap-secrets file I have defined two username/password combinations. I login using first username and it works (it is connected from Windows 7). However as soon as I login from another device ...
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iptables port based routing

I've been Googling this for days with no success. I connect to a VPN from my server from time to time and I'm trying to configure my Debian server to only use port 80 and 443 through the VPN and all ...
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Send apache traffic over VPN only

Is it possible to have an Apache webserver only send web traffic over a VPN? I've got a webserver (latest Debian) running at Linode that I use for an internal website at my office. For security ...
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PPTP: Linux clients unreachable

I have setup a PPTP server on a CentOS 6 box. Several clients (Windows and Linux) connect to this server. All clients use the same subnet. All clients (Win or Lin) can surf the Internet using the VPN ...
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Puzzling TCP performance over 3G / UMTS

I'm using 3G as my primary internet connection, and TCP over this thing is getting more puzzling every day. For example: Downloading from kernel.org is crazy fast: $wget ...
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Map Linux drives to Windows 7 for media streaming over the internet

I'm trying to map a Linux network drive to my Windows 7 laptop, however this laptop is not on LAN. At home, I simply use Samba, but this obviously won't work over the internet. I'm trying to avoid ...
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Is it possible to open server ports on TUN devices?

If I make a VPN connection to a server (say myvpn.com; assume this server is not behind any router/firewall) via a TUN device and open a port (say 5555), will someone else be able to connect to me via ...
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Providing Access to a Whitelisted Server through OpenVPN

Ok, so there's a server A. This server is only accesible from another server B, with a given IP address. I want to install OpenVPN server on B so that clients connecting to this VPN can access server ...
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How to set up VPN on a new Fedora 16 install?

I have a new Fedora 16 install with Gnome and want to use VPN. The instructions at Riseup.net say if the certificate is not read because SEinux is enabled then I need to put my riseup.pem in ~/.cert. ...
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How do I build openvpn without libpam?

Since I have no root privilege to install libpam, I failed to run ./configure. So is there any method with which I can build openvpn without libpam? checking for OPENSSL_CRYPTO... yes checking for ...
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PPTP password expired: how to fix on a linux client

Today, I discovered my team's PPTP passwords expire and I had to figure this out by looking through log files (/var/log/messages). Part 1 of my question is there a way I can start up my PPTP client ...
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I configured openvpn with elevated rights but now I am an ordinary user. How can I correct this issue?

checking tap-windows.h presence... no checking for tap-windows.h... no checking whether TUNSETPERSIST is declared... yes checking for setcon in -lselinux... yes checking for pam_start in -lpam... no ...
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SSHing to remote linux server over site-to-site vpn disconnects when running commands with lots of output

When I ssh using putty into a remote linux server over a site-to-site vpn, I can list certain directories if there's a small number of files/folders. If I try to list a directory like /etc with a ...
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connect to windows vpn (peap) from linux

Our admin just changed the vpn stuff to something different and I'd like to know how to connect to the windows vpn from a linux (debian testing) box. a certificate file (in p7b format, which I was ...
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Openconnect for Cisco VPN doesn't recognize private key file - asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_CHECK_TLEN:wrong tag

I'm trying to use my Synology DS212 NAS box also act as VPN gateway to my companies VPN. Sadly, they only use Cisco ASA and to complicate stuff even further, we've got to use personal certificates ...
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routing to the internet outside an IPsec VPN tunnel

After establishing an IPsec VPN tunnel all traffic is routed to the remote endpoint, while I only need to route the packets destined to that internal network and still be able to access the Internet ...
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“Reroute” traffic using a Debian VPN server

I've set up a Debian VPN server, to which I connect with my iPhone. It works perfectly, I can browse the web, and see "local" pages. My question is, if it's possible to "reroute" traffic. Here's an ...
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Linux Distro with PPTP/L2TP client support and IP Forwarding

I'm looking for a lightweight linux distro with a nice web based front end that I can throw on a VM to act as a secondary gateway out of my network through a VPN. I currently have a debian VM with ip ...
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Openswan L2TP/IPsec VPN for iPhone fails during connection

I spent the morning trying to configure an L2TP/IPsec VPN using Openswan and xl2tpd on a Debian Squeeze server for use by a mix of iOS and Mac clients. I am trying to set it up using pre-shared keys ...
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How do I make servers visible on my VPN?

I'm tinkering with web servers on Rackspace, trying to figure out if I can set up a website with public parts and also private parts that are visible only via a VPN connection. I have 2 servers ...
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VPN routing issue in linux- how to make applications that can only bind to IP addresses work?

Right now I have a PPTP VPN set up on my remote ubuntu VPS. I would like to have certain applications use the VPN to access the internet (rtorrent, irssi, among others). Currently, it is set up like ...
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Remotely access Linux directory from Windows

How can I remotely access a Linux directory on my home network from a Windows machine at work? Ultimately, I would like to map the Linux partition or directory as a Network Drive in Windows 7 so I ...
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Set linux routing tables to route F5 vpn and internet traffic

I'm having trouble understanding how my VPN client works, and how to set up my routing tables to do what I would like. Here is the output BEFORE connecting to my vpn Kernel IP routing table ...
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Secure alternatives to VPN?

I need a way to access my home network (well, specifically just one server on the network) from anywhere. Usually I would use Himachi (free VPN client, made things very easy) but it has since become ...
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Create site-to-site VPN from linux to Cisco - possible?

I have a question that I have not found a definitive answer on, but am hoping someone here can chime in and either point me in the right direction or crush my hopes and dreams. I have a Cisco ASA ...
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Routing a process's network traffic through a specific interface on ArchLinux

I have a VPS in the cloud I want to use to act as a media download server. I have a VPN to avoid getting anyone in trouble (me or host). I have set up the VPN tunnel, and it created an interface ...
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Route via PPTP or VPN Depending on Application or Port

I want to use my primary internet connection (eth0) on my PC for all traffic, but route traffic over a pptp VPN for specified application/or port. Details eth0 = current internet port pptp1 = VPN ...
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Linux PPTP VPN and gateway woes

I have an Amazon Linux machine running in an Amazon EC2 instance. I am connecting to my office's VPN as follows: sudo pppd pty "pptp pptp.<DOMAIN>.com --nolaunchpppd --loglevel 2 --debug" file ...
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How to connect to VPN using commands in Linux (Fedora 16)

Usually, I use the network connections icon on the top bar to connect to VPN. The connection is configured properly and it connects well. Configuration screen shot is given below. As you can ...

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