Questions tagged [openvpn]
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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OpenVPN Tunnel Through IP-Restricted Modems
I have an OpenVPN server running on an untangle/ARISTA device (A). It has a site-to-site connection with another untangle/ARISTA device (B). Also connected to that (B) is an IP-restricted modem (B1). ...
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Is routing local Wi-Fi traffic through a local wired VPN device any more secure?
I have several devices on a private local network - some wired (e.g PCs, laptops, SBCs) and some wireless (mobiles, tablets).
I have a Raspberry Pi on the same network, connected via Ethernet only, ...
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OpenVPN Timeout when connecting
I have followed instructions here (with slight adaptations, as listed below) to set up OpenVPN on an OpnSense router, but clients are not able to connect.
Differences:
I set Local port to 1179
I set ...
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openvpn port is not bound correctly
I have problem with running openvpn server
This is how it looks when I start it.
sudo openvpn server/server.conf
2023-10-25 13:30:22 OpenVPN 2.5.5 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [...
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Is TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 more secure than TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384 in OpenVPN?
I am reading the documentation about the configuration of OpenVPN 2.6.6 and I have a doubt about the TLS ciphers.
I run this command:
openvpn --show-tls
And I see the following Information:
Available ...
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Connect to remote computer attached to my network via VPN
I have a RasberryPi with an OpenVPN server running on it on my home network. Works great for my typical usage. I can connect with RDP and ssh to my PC at home while I am traveling by connecting my ...
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How to create the HMAC file with EasyRsa3?
With the old version of Easy-RSA, I was using this way to create the HMAC file:
Openvpn—genkey—secret ta.key
However, I don't see the way to create this file with EasyRSA3. I al following this ...
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Connecting to Home Network remotely using DD-WRT
I recently started travelling alot and find myself requiring to connect to my home network for resources and would like to set up OpenVPN on my DD-WRT as a server and connect remotely from my Windows ...
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How to setup OpenVPN on my Netgear Orbi Mesh router to be able to mask and change my location when using Kodi to watch sports
I use Kodi on an Nvidia Shield. I would like to to configure my Orbi Mesh router to run OpenVPN. Other VPN's will not run on the Orbi. I have multiple TV's with connected Shields, each will need to be ...
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Is it possible to spoof the browser's useragent using a local VPN?
Context: I'm trying to log in to my YouTube account on the Steam overlay browser but Google is flagging it as unsecure probably because the embedded browser is outdated. However, while looking around ...
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OpenVPN with subnets and other permission for each of them
Is it possible to configure openVPN network in topology subnet to split network for subnets and add other behavior for each subnets regarding to possibility to communicate for each clients e.g. in ...
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How to use ExpressVPN inside virtual box using "Bridged Adapter"
ExpressVPN has an option called split tunnel which can connect only certain applications to the VPN network, I have tried it and it worked, but the problem is:
1- I must turn on the VPN on my desktop ...
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Use OpenVPN client static IP address to access internal network
I need help to configure my network setup using OpenVPN and Static IP for clients. I am a software engineer with a surface level knowledge of networking.
I have a pool of servers with a private ...
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Routing Traffic from PPTP VPN Server to OpenVPN Client on tun0
Thanks for taking the time to help me out. I'm trying to setup a routing between the traffic I get from my PPTP VPN Service on (ppp0) and route it to my OpenVPN (tun0) Interface. I have tried multiple ...
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OpenVPN: several static IP's for one certificate / client name
As far there is only one client using a certificate one can set in server.conf
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client-config-dir ccd
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ifconfig-push static-IP mask=255.255.0.0
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to assign a ...
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OpenVPN Site to Side tunel with specific client
I have two networks.
First network: 192.168.10.0/24 (router TP-LINK [192.168.10.10] and RPI [192.168.10.17])
Secound network: 192.168.15.0/24 (only one RPI [192.168.15.10])
I would like site-to-site ...
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Local IP address not reachable when VPN is connected
I'm running a Raspberry Pi with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with an OpenVPN client on it. If the VPN is not connected, everything works as expected.
If I'm connected to the VPN Server, the VPN Tunnel works as ...
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open VPN issue on Mac connecting fileshare
I have a qnap NAs where I use QVPN service with open VPN. Under windows the connection works fine and I can access all shares. If I do the same with a mac it also connects to the NAS without problems. ...
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How does a VPN Client connect to Different Servers behind the VPN Server
I have a small (Debian) virtual machine in the cloud and a home network with a Raspberry Pi acting as the main firewall/gateway. The gateway supports external/internal mail and web services and allows ...
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Openvpn Android client unable to connect after upgrade to Android 13
I run an Openvpn server at home and have done for many years.
I have a certificate for each of my devices and it has always done what I've needed of it.
This morning, I updated my personal phone (...
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OpenVPN: How to reach a specific ip on client network side (TAP-DEV)?
I have the following task:
LOCAL-PC -> VPN-SERVER
-> VPN_CLIENT1 (10.11.0.6) -> TARGET (10.0.200.1)
-> VPN_CLIENT2 (10.11.0.8) -> TARGET (10.0.200.1)
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How to generate unique key pair for unique client device with easyrsa3 for vpn
Have this requirement, where the client cerification generate for a user shouldn't be exported or used from a different device and make a successful vpn connection.
I was following this steps to ...
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OpenVPN traffic through TLS-enabled TCP connection
I have to obfuscate OpenVPN traffic. So I created a TLS-enabled TCP tunnel with socat, and I want to pass OpenVPN traffic through this tunnel.
Server:
sudo socat openssl-listen:443,cert=/home/ubuntu/...
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OpenVPN: How to reach a specific ip on client network side?
I have the following constellation:
LOCAL-PC <---> VPN-SERVER <---> VPN-CLIENT <---> TARGET
I want to reach "TARGET" from "LOCAL-PC".
What I did:
a) on "...
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How app can obtain openvpn server cert on the client?
openvpn client can connect to the server and is live. The task is for the app installed on client machine to get the server certificate used during negotiations and monitor its expiration.
I found the ...
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openvpn to display user name in status log (w/o authentication)
I did some research and it seems it requires some more time while the problem (seemingly) simple, requiring probably some simple exact steps to follow.
Situation: openvpn server is authenticating ...
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How do you reverse tunnel to a different local ip
I have a reverse tunnel following this answer... How to get a persistent reverse SSH tunnel using autossh?
Both ends are RaspberryPis. MotionEyeOS is on a eero router with no routing options and a ...
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OpenVPN I can't connect computers inside the server LAN?
I'm trying to set up an OpenVPN connection, I can connect to the VPN using my client, but I can't connect to other devices on the server network
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Server router - ...
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Routing traffic comming to OpenVPN Access Server to the VPN not working
I tried to google almost everything, but I am lost now. I spent about two days of trying to set this up. Can anybody help me?
The Problem:
I must have the main home router from my ISP. But they are ...
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OpenVPN appears unable to assign IP address using sinology DSM
I'm trying to get an iPhone to connect to my VPN server. I have it working for two phones but a third fails with the following in the iOS client:
[Sep 05, 2023, 22:36:00] EVENT: ASSIGN_IP
[Sep 05, ...
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Verify whether a tun interface (created by OpenVPN) offers access to the Internet
My machine hosts 9 network interfaces: the physical one, eth0, and 8 created by OpenVPN clients (tun0, tun1, ... tun7).
Each of these interfaces should offer Internet access. But sometimes some don't, ...
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Creating own VPN-server for external users
I'm trying to set up a VPN-server from my home router so that external users (from other countries) could connect to it.
Basically, I want it to work this way:
External User (IP-address "A") ...
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OpenVPN asks for key passphrase on an unencrypted key
I've been using OpenVPN on Windows 10 for years to connect to a remote network. Not a single problem. The remote server runs either on a Raspberry Pi or a Windows PC (can't look it up now). ...
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OpenVPN Ethernet Bridging doesn't work, no access from client to internal
My Environment:
Host PC is on Windows 11, with VM Ware.
There is a virtual machine (Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS) in VM Ware, with bridged virtual network card. Everything with network and Internet works fine ...
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Need to force Mac Address on OpenVPN virtual network device
I need to use a software that connects to a server, that server validates the client-PC checking with the MacAddress of the network card.
On local, no issues... on remote no issues but, I want to use ...
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Routing traffic from from VPS to socks (redsocks+iptables)
I have an OpenVPN server running on a VPS with OpenVPN client running on my computer. I'm trying to route my client's traffic over an external 4g proxy after it reaches the OpenVPN server so my vps IP ...
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OpenVPN intercepts local Samba traffic between Laptop and PC over WiFi (Windows)
I have a weird problem with OpenVPN - it seems it somehow intercepts 'local' traffic.
I have PC + Notebook, both are in parallel connected to each other via:
WiFi - network 192.168.0.x
OpenVPN over ...
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Program wont connect through OpenVPN
I have a MAC M1 that needs to run a windows native app (no MAC option of such app) and to do so I installed a Windows 11 arm x64 with VmWare Fusion - the app that runs needs to connect to SQL on my ...
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is it possible to OpenVPN connection UDP through SSH tunnel?
Hi i search a lot on the Internet, especially in this site and read more post and articles about using OpenVPN connection through SSH tunnel but all tutorials about using TCP protocol to do that. in ...
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Is an open port for VPN protected from hackers?
I'm trying to implement a VPN.
I read about configuring VPN servers on Windows (built-in), and also several 3d party software like OpenVPN etc. But all these require a port to be opened in the router ...
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OpenVPN headless on Debian 11.7 IP does not change
I have a ProtonVPN paid account.
I want to use it on my VPS server (so in headless), to change my ip.
Their client does not work in headless mode, so I use OpenVPN.
I download the Linux config file on ...
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Unable to reach all hosts behind OpenVPN via Netgear R7000 running FreshTomato
I have OpenVPN running on an Netgear R7000 via FreshTomato firmware. I am able to connect remotely to the VPN just fine. However, I cannot ping all the hosts behind the VPN. For instance, the remote ...
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Viscosity VPN on macOS blocks non-Apple app traffic
I will try to describe the issue the best that I can... but the real problem is, I have no idea what could be causing this.
I have a VPN set up, which is being used to access a company server (...
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I am trying to mimic the connection of my softether vpn to setup a openvpn with TLS 1.2 instead of SSL
I am trying to setup a openvpn with tls 1.2 instead of ssl with tcp, as in this screenshot:
How can I mimic the connection like the softether (on the left) in order to setup openvpn (on the right)?
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Port forwarding socks5 proxy across network namespaces
I've finally set up the netns veth openvpn connection that works, made overrides to systemd service files so openvpn depended on netns single shot service and tor of openvpn service. Tor works, at ...
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How to troubleshoot OpenVPN connection fail?
I'm using Fedora 38. I set up OpenVPN on AWS. I downloaded the OpenVPN client cert. When I try to connect it fails.
I'm not sure how to move forward with diagnosing the problem.
Basically, I try (as ...
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Qbittorrent leaking, or plain user error?
I was torrenting open-source software, and received a DMCA email (which was bogus). I always keep a VPN on when I surf the web, but I had just updated OpenVPN and my qBittorrent client was not ...
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How to connect to VPN server from a machine I'm remotely controling thanks to another VPN server?
So I have my router at home acting as a OpenVPN server. From anywhere I can connect to it to access my network. One of the elements in that network is a server where I host virtual machines for ...
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Networking: NAT two interfaces together on Windows
I have the following setup:
Openvpn client (Linux) (Openvpn IP 192.168.99.4)
Openvpn client (Windows) (Openvpn IP 192.168.99.2)
Openvpn server (Linux) (Openvpn IP 192.168.99.1)
Now, both clients ...
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pfSense and OpenVPN client but traffic exits through the WAN interface
My goal is to have my internal network traffic go out to the internet through a VPN tunnel.
I checked all previous questions but none of them had the same problem as I am facing, and none of the ...