Sounds interesting
On Feb 14, 2018 2:04 AM, "David Sommerseth" <
[email protected]> wrote:
> On 13/02/18 17:21, Илья Шипицин wrote:
> > personally, I would like something like "preconnect script" which will
> check
> > something and decide "we are in a place, where vpn is not needed"
>
> This feature has been requested numerous times. And it is not needed.
> Really. You have the management interface which can be done to resolve
> exactly that problem.
>
> - OpenVPN is configured with --management and --management-hold
>
> - Start the management client script
> - polls for the OpenVPN management port to become available if it is not
> getting a connection instantly
> - once connected, it can do whatever queries/preparations needed
> - sends the 'hold release' command on the management inteface
>
> - OpenVPN starts connecting to the remote server
>
> And if OpenVPN looses its connection, the management interface can capture
> that and do whatever it needs to do. And if OpenVPN stops running/dies,
> this
> management client script can even detect that and do whatever is needed in
> this scenario as well - like restarting OpenVPN.
>
> In fact - you can even *modify* the remote and proxy settings on-the-fly if
> your management script figures that's even better.
>
> Bringing up the "preconnect script" is just beating a dead horse. That
> feature is not remotely as powerful as what we already have in OpenVPN
> today.
>
>
> --
> kind regards,
>
> David Sommerseth
> OpenVPN Inc.
>
>
>
> > 2018-02-13 18:19 GMT+05:00 Aleksandar Ivanisevic <
> [email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>>:
> >
> > What would the purpose of that detection be? I delist the vpn server
> DNS
> > entry in the internal DNS horizon and firewall off the port, to
> prevent
> > people from unnecessarily connecting from the inside.
> >
> >
> > On 13.02.2018 11:03, Илья Шипицин wrote:
> >
> > hi.
> >
> > as openvpn is a road warrior thing (well, mainly), it makes
> sense to
> > determine whether user is inside or outside of office.
> >
> > which methods of "i'm in the office already" detection do you
> use ?
> >
> > thanks!
> > Ilya Shipitsin
> >
> >
>
>
>
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