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Sourcetrunk (Episode 058) : OpenVPN

Submitted by dimitri on Tue, 2010-03-30 20:09


This episode will introduce you to OpenVPN. Easy to use for a simple setup, cristal clear to administer for a corporate setup and robust and secure for both of them.

OpenVPN
OpenVPN simple static key setup
OpenVPN access servers
OpenVPN Documentation
AjaxTerm

music from Chew My Tongue
theme from Brand New Sin on music.podshow.com
Beer on this episode : La Chouffe

   

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Submitted by a shy user (not verified) on Sat, 2010-04-03 09:46

Hi Dimitri,

as I do not have (need) any servers of my own, didn't really understand some of these stuff.

anyway, just curious, is ssh any much different from openvpn?

also, is openvpn installed by default in Debian?

just finished listening to your podcast and did a apt-get to check. Was surprised to see that the openvpn package is already install in my Debian Testing installation - hope my computer is not compromised !

Submitted by a shy user (not verified) on Sun, 2010-04-04 05:23

openVPN is installed with KDE4

Submitted by dimitri on Wed, 2010-04-07 18:51

thanks ! was not aware of this.

kind regards,
Dimi

Submitted by dimitri on Wed, 2010-04-07 18:50

Hi,

while SSH and OpenVPN both can provide you with a network 'tunnel', they are not the same thing.

>as I do not have (need) any servers of my own, didn't really understand some of these stuff.
I warned you all ;)

>Was surprised to see that the openvpn package is already install in my Debian Testing installation
no problem, KDE4 apparently (like another listener mentioned below) uses OpenVPN.

thanks for the feedback !
Dimi

Submitted by a shy user 2 (not verified) on Sun, 2010-04-04 08:10

After connection to the server via openvpn, is the access of files on the server by

- web browser https (meaning read only)
- shell (read / write)
- normal filemanager (read / write) or
- all of the above?

remember you mentioned something about web interface of the openVPN.

Submitted by dimitri on Wed, 2010-04-07 18:54

>- all of the above?
yes, all of the above.

you are tunneling your way via OpenVPN to your server (or other computers in your internal network) and so you can access your server and all of its services (like web browsing, or SSH shell access, or SMB access, or whatever service you have running on your server)

OpenVPN provides you with the tunnel to those services and you can administer OpenVPN via a web interface. (that's the thing I mentioned about the web interface)

kind regards,
Dimi

Submitted by a shy user (not verified) on Tue, 2010-05-04 14:20

Did I remember correctly that you've previously done a podcast on ssh?

Unable to locate it :(

Can you remember which episode was it?

Submitted by dimitri on Wed, 2010-05-05 18:22

Hi,

it was episode 049, the episode on OpenSSH :)
http://www.sourcetrunk.com/?q=node/110

Dimi