I have been using openvpn for a while, on an obscure port ( example, 43012). I've been noticing on my laptop (client) that whenever the vpn is connected, openvpn is listening on port 1194, which I do not use. I once had an ubuntu computer that got infected with a trogran that would create a PPTP vpn to easedrop on my traffic, so if I seem paranoid that's why.
Output of netstat -taupen | grep openvpn
anon@linuxpc:~$ sudo netstat -taupen | grep openvpn
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:1194 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 0 533708 10034/openvpn
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:60854 127.0.0.1:1194 ESTABLISHED 0 533714 10031/nm-openvpn-se
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:1194 127.0.0.1:60854 ESTABLISHED 0 533715 10034/openvpn
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:51018 0.0.0.0:* 0 533709 10034/openvpn
So, I'm wondering if this is normal, does openvpn-client use local port forwarding to the standard 1194 port?