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- | If you have a nice topic for the Wiki and want to work on an actual article, do not create it in the playground. Instead you can create it under [[howtos: | + | |
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- | =============== OpenVPN ============ | + | |
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- | OpenVPN is an open source software application that implements virtual private network (VPN) techniques for creating secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities. It uses a custom security protocol that utilizes SSL/TLS for key exchange. It is capable of traversing network address translators (NATs) and firewalls. It was written by James Yonan and is published under the GNU General Public License (GPL). | + | |
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- | OpenVPN allows peers to authenticate each other using a pre-shared secret key, certificates, | + | |
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- | OpenVPN is often used for securing connections that are made through open wifi in public areas. | + | |
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- | ===== How to use OpenVPN ===== | + | |
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- | It's barely simple if you already got a ready-to-go config by any openvpn provider. | + | |
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- | If you don't get a config that you can use you should have a look at / | + | |
- | Slackware got a example config with some good hints in there. | + | |
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- | ===== Using OpenVPN with automatic password input ===== | + | |
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- | Since I wanted to use my openvpn connection to start automatically when I put my Thinkpad into the dock I thought it would be usefull to add the ' | + | |
- | That feature is not added by default on Slackwares package. You have to add it to the slackbuild and recompile the package. | + | |
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- | Start with grabbing the source and slackbuild from one of the Slackware mirrors. | + | |
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