Hi, On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 01:18:09PM -0700, Fred Templin wrote: > > OpenVPN will figure out how to reach the VPN server, install a host route > > for that using the old default router, and then install a new default > > route towards the VPN (either by replacing and restoring /0, or by adding > > two /1 routes). > > Makes sense, but how does that play out on handsets that > restrict access to the routing table? Does the handset have > to be rooted, or can OpenVPN run by an ordinary user mess > with the routes?
On the handsets, the VPN API takes care of this. You just tell the OS
"direct <this> into the VPN", and do not have to worry about anything.
Very nice and convenient, this.
> > And this does not work for IPv6 yet, because nobody has written the
> > "find out what my default gateway is right now, so I can add more specific
> > routes to it!" code yet...
>
> It seems in principle like it should be the same for IPv6 as
> it is for IPv4, shouldn't it?
Yes. It's just code that needs to be written, on the "traditional"
platforms (Linux, *BSD, Windows).
gert
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