Re: [CentOS] OpenVPN problem

2014-02-11 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 01:15:15 + Timothy Murphy wrote: > I'm interested to know how you - or anyone else implementing OpenVPN - > actually uses it in practice. Well, I tend to support a number of people (Linux/computing noobs in general), maintaining their laptops and desktops. So each machine

Re: [CentOS] OpenVPN problem

2014-02-10 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > I'm interested to know how you - or anyone else implementing OpenVPN - > actually uses it in practice. > I use it to login to a remote computer over OpenVPN using ssh. > (This is largely a safety measure, since a straightforward ssh connec

Re: [CentOS] OpenVPN problem

2014-02-10 Thread Timothy Murphy
Marko Vojinovic wrote: >> I have OpenVPN set up; I found the brief instructions >> that come with CentOS openvpn (eg /etc/openvpn/2.0/README) >> perfectly adequate - what I'm asking about is the _use_ of OpenVPN. > Sorry, what exactly are you asking for here? The implemented OpenVPN > is nothing

Re: [CentOS] OpenVPN problem

2014-02-10 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Sun, 09 Feb 2014 19:33:49 + Timothy Murphy wrote: > I have OpenVPN set up; I found the brief instructions > that come with CentOS openvpn (eg /etc/openvpn/2.0/README) > perfectly adequate - what I'm asking about is the _use_ of OpenVPN. Sorry, what exactly are you asking for here? The imp

Re: [CentOS] OpenVPN problem

2014-02-09 Thread Timothy Murphy
Ken Smith wrote: >> But I am genuinely interested in the best way to use OpenVPN. >> All the documents I looked at online spent their time >> explaining at inordinate length how to setup OpenVPN. >> If anyone knows of a site with a simple explanation >> of how to use OpenVPN (preferably with the

Re: [CentOS] OpenVPN problem

2014-02-09 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Sun, 09 Feb 2014 18:14:12 + Ken Smith wrote: > Its down to the question about what you are needing to do. If you > just need SSH access then SSH direct without VPN is just fine. SSH > itself is encrypted and the VPN just encrypts the already encrypted > traffic again and just slows things d

Re: [CentOS] OpenVPN problem

2014-02-09 Thread Ken Smith
Timothy Murphy wrote > Kai Schaetzl wrote: > > >>> I'm having problems communicating with a remote server, with openvpn. >>> >> {snip} >> Second, what exactly are you doing/do you want to achieve? >> VPN makes sense if you go thru a triangle (client -> network a -> network >> b, wher

Re: [CentOS] OpenVPN problem

2014-02-09 Thread Timothy Murphy
Kai Schaetzl wrote: >> I'm having problems communicating with a remote server, with openvpn. > > First, did you check that it works fine without OpenVPN (e.g. firewall > open)? > Second, what exactly are you doing/do you want to achieve? > VPN makes sense if you go thru a triangle (client -> netw

Re: [CentOS] OpenVPN problem

2014-02-08 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Timothy Murphy wrote on Sat, 08 Feb 2014 13:50:07 +: > I'm having problems communicating with a remote server, with openvpn. First, did you check that it works fine without OpenVPN (e.g. firewall open)? Second, what exactly are you doing/do you want to achieve? VPN makes sense if you go thr