Month: November 2013

Here is my working access to my intranet via OpenVPN in MultiHost Mode. First the server config:

and now the client config:

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# Sample client-side OpenVPN 2.0 config file #
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# Specify that we are a client and that we
# will be pulling certain config file directives
# from the server.
client
# Use the same setting as you are using on
# the server.
dev tun
# Are we connecting to a TCP or
# UDP server? Use the same setting as
# on the server.
proto udp
# The hostname/IP and port of the server.
remote olkn.myvnc.com 1194
# Keep trying indefinitely to resolve the
# host name of the OpenVPN server. Very useful
# on machines which are not permanently connected
# to the internet such as laptops.
resolv-retry infinite
# Most clients don't need to bind to
# a specific local port number.
nobind
# Downgrade privileges after initialization (non-Windows only)
user nobody
group nogroup
# Try to preserve some state across restarts.
persist-key
persist-tun
# If you are connecting through an
# HTTP proxy to reach the actual OpenVPN
# server, put the proxy server/IP and
# port number here. See the man page
# if your proxy server requires
# authentication.
;http-proxy-retry # retry on connection failures
;http-proxy [proxy server] [proxy port #]
# SSL/TLS parms.
ca /etc/openvpn/ca.crt
cert /etc/openvpn/thinkpad.crt
key /etc/openvpn/thinkpad.key
# Verify server certificate by checking
# that the certicate has the nsCertType
# field set to "server". This is an
# important precaution to protect against
# a potential attack discussed here:
# http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm
ns-cert-type server
# If a tls-auth key is used on the server
# then every client must also have the key.
;tls-auth ta.key 1
# Enable compression on the VPN link.
comp-lzo
# Set log file verbosity.
verb 3