OpenVPN is a free and open source software application that implements virtual private network (VPN)
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How do I setup OpenVPN so I can securely use the internet from an unsecured hotspot?
Goal: I want to be able to securely use the internet via my home PC while my notebook is connected to an open hotspot/access point.
I do know that I can use a SSH tunnel/SOCKS proxy, but I don't want ...
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How to configure an OpenVPN Client Router
I am attempting to set up an OpenVPN Router so that I may connect my tablet (wireless) and Blu-Ray (wired) to a paid VPN service in another country on Ubuntu 12.10. I have successfully done this using ...
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Cannot resolve custom domains when VPN is up
I just upgraded to 12.04 from 11.10, and now I can't resolve custom domains over my VPN (e.g. *.dev.local). It worked splendid before the upgrade.
Both my /etc/resolv.conf and route -n looks exactly ...
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No internet access when VPN connected
I have an OpenVPN config that I use on my Windows XP box and on my Ubuntu machine.
When I use it with my Windows machine, I can connect to the VPN and access sites on the VPN, and the internet as ...
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How can I use a .ovpn file with Network Manager?
I have a .ovpn file with my VPN config - it works fine when I do
sudo openvpn --config ~jrg/Documents/vpn-config.ovpn
in the terminal, but I'd like to use Network Manager. How can I do this?
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I want to use Ubuntu as a firewall and wireless AP, with some external traffic passing through openVPN, and the rest just through a firewall
I would like to do some configuration through Zentyal or a similar setup, but I am also willing to use config files.
I am connecting to a commercial VPN using a username and password. I want that ...
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How do I run a script after OpenVPN has connected successfully?
How can I associate a script to OpenVPN so that it runs when the VPN is connected successfully?
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VPN connection breaks internet
After installing OpenVPN properly (network-manager-openvpn) and setting up my VPN, I am not able to connect to any internet page or access anything that's remote. Pinging stuff is totally dead.
I ...
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Help connecting OpenVPN in Ubuntu 12.04
I'm new in Ubuntu and would like to know if there exist a complete step by step tutorial on how to set up an OpenVPN connection. I am hoping that it would be as easy as doing it in Windows 7. I have ...
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Config import on network-manager-openvpn
I'm trying to use a free service using the OpenVPN protocol using OpenVPN's GUI module in the network manager.
The config worked perfectly well as .ovpn on Windows. The behavior in Windows is such ...
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Cannot Import VPN connection
Since 12.04 I cannot connect to my VPN. my ovpn file is the following
http://email.uoa.gr/help/download/vpn/edunet.ovpn
When I try to import the VPN file i get the following error
The file ...
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Getting OpenVPN to work with XFCE on Xubuntu? [closed]
I'm trying to get OpenVPN to work properly on my install of Xubuntu 11.10. So far, no luck. I've successfully set this up very easily using Ubuntu 11.10 so not sure why I'm seeing issues.
The base ...
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How can I bypass governmental censorship of certain websites, for instance in Iran?
I live in Iran and as you know there's a blocking system here. The people here use VPNs to access websites. I did the same. But days ago VPNs (PPTP, L2TP,SSTP) ports was blocked too. The alternatives ...
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What does this command mean ls -l test.conf -rw-r--r— l root root?
root@ubuntu:/etc/openvpn# ls -l test.conf -rw-r--r-- l root root 791 Mar 20 09:23 test.conf
What does the above command mean?
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Setting VPN Client
I need to access VPN from my Ubuntu 12.04.
I see that there is VPN connections > Configure VPN in network manager, but it asks for username and password.
All I have is some .crt, .csr, .key, .ovpn ...
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Best Way To Learn How To Set Up OpenVPN On Amazon EC2/a VPS?
What is the best way to learn how to set up a VPN using OpenVPN on an Amazon EC2 server/a VPS? What level of proficiency is required in Linux System Administration for this?
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Exempt programs from using active VPN connection
When I connect to a VPN, all my network traffic is automatically routed through it. Is there a way to add exemptions to that? I don't know if adding exceptions has anything to do with the VPN ...
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When is network-manager-openvpn going to be updated to the 0.9 version?
Since bug 274930 implemented added functionalities in Network Manager regarding OpenVPN, the network-manager-openvpn plugin needs to be updated to 0.9 version to benefit from those improvements.
At ...
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Why will network manager not allow me save my VPN settings?
I am trying to configure am OpenVPN client on my laptop. I am running Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit.
When I open network manager and import the VPN settings from the premade config folder everything takes. The ...
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Asking for a SSTP connecting configuration file for using SSTP command line [closed]
Using sstp with Network Manager and DNScrypt stopped working on Ubuntu 12.04
DNSCrypt and Network manager and using Unblockvpn's SSTP -
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sstp-client/
Connects the ...
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connect to openvpn using username and password
Is it possible to connect to an openvpn server using a username and password. I read that you need a config file on ubuntu, but I don't have a config file.
How can I connect to my openvpn server ...
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Where are VPN configuration files imported by Network Manager saved?
I've imported an OpenVPN configuration file that behaves differently when trying to connect from Network Manager and command line. I would like to see what the imported configuration file looks like.
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gray button for saving “editing VPN connection” in Ubuntu 12.04
I have installed 12.04 and setting up the OpenVPN via network manager. the network-manager-openvpn-gnome is installed, and I can open "configure VPN..." and see "Add VPN", however I can not save my ...
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Force VPN Connection Automatic
I have a VPN connection on a server that must be connected at all times. I can make a connection, but I would like it to connect on boot, and if the connection drops it should reconnect automatically, ...
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How do I open up firewall while keeping it safe?
Since I've installed Firestarter I have encountered connectivity issues that are all resolved by disabling the firewall. I'd prefer to have the firewall running and allow all the traffic I normally ...
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OpenVPN configuration on Ubuntu
I want to use OpenVPN on Ubuntu. The following three files are provided:
client.conf
tccg-ca.crt
tccg-ta.key
What are the steps to configure OpenVPN in Ubuntu by using these files. I have ...
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OpenVPN with IPv6
I have a tun OpenVPN server running in routed mode which was set up on a Ubuntu server and I know that Ubuntu's build of OpenVPN has support for the IPv6 for quite a while now but it didn't get much ...
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How to use Google Authenticator with OpenVPN server on Ubuntu 12.04
I have a working OpenVPN system on Ubuntu 12.04 and I'd like to add Google Authenticator for extra security.
This is my current openvpn config:
dev tun
proto udp
port 1096
ca ubuserv04-ca.crt
cert ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 and now cannot get my vpn connection
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 ( 3 days ago ) and before that I had a very stable vpn connection even if 11.10 was less stable but now I cannot connect to my vpn account at home and at work either
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Reading network-manager password from another hdd
Today I cloned my Ubuntu 11.10 into my old hdd, and installed 12.04 into my current hdd.
What I need now is to recover passwords for my VPN connections on the network manager that is in the old 11.10 ...
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OpenVPN - Routing issue
Server: Ubuntu 11 (Openvz VPS)
Client: Windows 7
Issue:
clients connect successfully to VPN, but loss of internet access once
inside the VPN.
Facts:
Everything mostly defaults
Is a ...
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/etc/init.d/openvpn not starting automatically but can be started manually
This is about init.d or Upstart init or something else, maybe, I think. But only OpenVPN is affected so far, after upgrading from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to Ubuntu 12.10 on my VPS.
The problem is: OpenVPN ...
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DNS servers not correctly set in VPN
I have to use an OpenVPN network to work from home, and I occasionally have problems getting DNS to resolve. The problem comes and goes, and I can't reproduce it reliably.
I took the OpenVPN config ...
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OpenVPN not listening on port
I just set up an OpenVPN server on a VPS but sadly I can't connect to it.
When I made a portscan I found that my custom 11940 port where openvpn should listen is closed. The default 1194 port is also ...
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Save openVPN password using network manager
I'm using network manager on Ubuntu 12.04, with Mate as a desktop.
The network manager is used to connect to the openVPN server.
Each time I click to connect to the openVPN server, I'm required to ...
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Getting openvpn working ubuntu
I am trying to set up a VPN over a few VMS that I have. I created an openvpn server on ubuntu 10.04 and am trying to configure the client using 12.04. I followed these instructions here ...
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OpenVPN does not start with the error Already running (PID file exists)
If I try to start OpenVPN, I get this error:
/etc/init.d/openvpn start
* Starting virtual private network daemon(s)...
* Autostarting VPN 'server'
* Already running (PID file exists)
But OpenVPN is ...
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Open source alternatives to PD- Proxy Premium
I'm looking for a good program that can rival the features provided by PD- Proxy which are advertised as:
a premium user can choose multiple servers located in different locations around the world.
...
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How to run a command with one click, preferably from unity's launcher
I'd like to run this command without having to open up terminal every time.
sudo openvpn --config /home/ubuntu/Documents/vpnbook/vpnbook-euro2-udp25000.ovpn --auth-user-pass ...
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Openconnect problems on Ubuntu 12.04
Getting problems on the Ubuntu 11.04 for openconnect... the failure after connecting says:
Got CONNECT response: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
CSTP connected. DPD 30, Keepalive 20
Connected tun0 as 172.21.246.21, ...
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Using OpenVPN for a single window
How do I use OpenVPN for only one window/process?
Example Case Scenario:
I want to use a US only website on Firefox, but use my ip on the chromium process
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network bridge - without destroying network manager
I have seen a lot of questions related to Bridge and network manager. however none of them seem to apply to what i seen AND want.
I setup my bridge in /etc/network/interfaces.
This works perfectly; ...
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Run OpenVPN service on connection to internet
How can I make a OpenVPN run automatically whenever my system is connected to the internet?
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How to disable OpenVPN from autostarting at boot-up or reboot?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS, 64-bit, OpenVPN client 2.3.1
How do I prevent OpenVPN from autostarting at boot-up or reboot?
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Is it worth uninstalling the GUI to lower the attack surface of my Ubuntu server?
I note that there are similar questions on how to remove the GUI from an Ubuntu install, so I know the technique, I'm just wondering is it worth doing?
To explain, I have a Ubuntu server hosting ...
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Change OpenVPN client's default route
When setting up a test openvpn client on Ubuntu (using this guide), the client sets a route which tunnels all traffic through the vpn.
For example, when I connect to the vpn from Ubuntu, this is what ...
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Cannot get outside VPN (same settings work on Debian)
Background
I have an OpenVPN server on my Debian VPS box.
The purpose is to
bypass firewalls (my paranoid ISP blocks TCP port 25)
enable safe connection via untrusted networks (mainly for portable ...
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Package network-manager-openvpn is not available, but is referred to by another package
I'm trying out Ubuntu's live cd and have booted in from a USB. I want to check if it will work with my VPN or not. I already have Network Manager installed, but when I go to Configure VPNs, I can only ...
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OpenVPN struggling
I've got some problems with my OpenVPN setup.
The Setup:
-> Ubuntu Server 12.04
-> Two active NIC's: eth0 (default): 192.168.1.0/24
eth1: x.x.x.x (external ip)
I've managed to get the routing to ...
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how to auto start openvpn (client) on ubuntu cli?
I have an *.ovpn file that works if I type in
sudo openvpn client.ovpn
Now I would like to start up openvpn when I boot the computer. It's a headless version of ubuntu if that matters. 12.04 64bit.
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