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 VPNs become useful when you add an encryption layer on top. This enables two nodes to establish a virtual network and communicate using an end-to-end encrypted link. All communication between these two nodes is encrypted. If one node can reach the other, and if the client trusts the certificate provided by the server, the encrypted connection is established and the virtual network is built over that encrypted link. Now, anyone on the local network who would have been able to monitor your traffic will now only see encrypted packets passing between the client and the VPN server.
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-Get tarball of source code from here: https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html
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 =Single Client: Static Key VPN Setup=

Admin: /* Forcing Traffic Thru OpenVPN on Router */

2017-04-22T10:00:20Z

Forcing Traffic Thru OpenVPN on Router

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			Use the <code>redirect-gateway</code> option in OpenVPN to redirect all network traffic through the OpenVPN tunnel. This sets the OpenVPN server as the "redirected" gateway.

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Admin: /* Forcing Traffic Thru OpenVPN on Router */

2017-04-22T09:59:33Z

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	Useful if you want to install a router between you and your ISP, to encrypt all of your traffic and route it through OpenVPN: https://jamielinux.com/blog/force-all-network-traffic-through-openvpn-using-iptables/

	~~Also~~: https://charleswilkinson.co.uk/2016/05/14/selective-routing-using-ddwrt-and-openvpn/		Links:
			* Install a router between you and your ISP, to encrypt all of your traffic and route it through OpenVPN: https://jamielinux.com/blog/force-all-network-traffic-through-openvpn-using-iptables/
	~~Nice~~ guide ~~from Linode too~~: https://www.linode.com/docs/networking/vpn/tunnel-your-internet-traffic-through-an-openvpn-server		* Selective routing using DDWRT and OpenVPN: https://charleswilkinson.co.uk/2016/05/14/selective-routing-using-ddwrt-and-openvpn/
			* Linode guide to routing traffic through an OpenVPN server: https://www.linode.com/docs/networking/vpn/tunnel-your-internet-traffic-through-an-openvpn-server

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Admin: /* How VPN Works */

2017-04-22T09:54:52Z

How VPN Works

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	Virtual private networks are a way of creating "virtual networks." This allows you to use an existing network connection to establish a new network connection. Networks need not be encrypted, but a virtual private network without encryption does not give you any extra security.		Virtual private networks are a way of creating "virtual networks." This allows you to use an existing network connection to establish a new network connection. Networks need not be encrypted, but a virtual private network without encryption does not give you any extra security.

	VPNs become useful when you add an encryption layer on top. This enables two nodes to establish a virtual network and communicate using an end-to-end encrypted link.		VPNs become useful when you add an encryption layer on top. This enables two nodes to establish a virtual network and communicate using an end-to-end encrypted link. All communication between these two nodes is encrypted. If one node can reach the other, and if the client trusts the certificate provided by the server, the encrypted connection is established and the virtual network is built over that encrypted link. Now, anyone on the local network who would have been able to monitor your traffic will now only see encrypted packets passing between the client and the VPN server.

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Admin at 09:50, 22 April 2017

2017-04-22T09:50:51Z

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	~~What is~~ a virtual private network~~, and how~~ does ~~it protect~~ you?		Virtual private networks are a way of creating "virtual networks." This allows you to use an existing network connection to establish a new network connection. Networks need not be encrypted, but a virtual private network without encryption does not give you any extra security.


			VPNs become useful when you add an encryption layer on top. This enables two nodes to establish a virtual network and communicate using an end-to-end encrypted link.

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Admin: /* Forcing Traffic Thru OpenVPN on Router */

2017-04-06T08:26:28Z

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	Also: https://charleswilkinson.co.uk/2016/05/14/selective-routing-using-ddwrt-and-openvpn/		Also: https://charleswilkinson.co.uk/2016/05/14/selective-routing-using-ddwrt-and-openvpn/

			Nice guide from Linode too: https://www.linode.com/docs/networking/vpn/tunnel-your-internet-traffic-through-an-openvpn-server

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Admin: /* Forcing Traffic Thru OpenVPN on Router */

2017-04-06T08:24:53Z

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	Useful if you want to install a router between you and your ISP, to encrypt all of your traffic and route it through OpenVPN: https://jamielinux.com/blog/force-all-network-traffic-through-openvpn-using-iptables/		Useful if you want to install a router between you and your ISP, to encrypt all of your traffic and route it through OpenVPN: https://jamielinux.com/blog/force-all-network-traffic-through-openvpn-using-iptables/

			Also: https://charleswilkinson.co.uk/2016/05/14/selective-routing-using-ddwrt-and-openvpn/

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Admin: /* Single Client: Static Key VPN Setup */

2017-04-06T08:21:37Z

Single Client: Static Key VPN Setup

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			=Forcing Traffic Thru OpenVPN on Router=

			Useful if you want to install a router between you and your ISP, to encrypt all of your traffic and route it through OpenVPN: https://jamielinux.com/blog/force-all-network-traffic-through-openvpn-using-iptables/

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=How VPN Works=

What is a virtual private network, and how does it protect you?

=Setup=

==Get Source==

Get tarball of source code from here: https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html

Get the signature of the tarball

Verify the tarball with its signature

Unzip the tarball

==Pre-Build==

Get a few development libraries required to build OpenVPN:

<pre>
$ apt-get install libzo2-dev libpam-dev
</pre>

==Configure/Make/Make Install==

Do the Linux source code build dance:

<pre>
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install
</pre>

=Single Client: Static Key VPN Setup=

Detailed instructions for setting up a static key virtual private network (VPN), the simplest arrangement for a single-client VPN:

[[OpenVPN/Static Key]]

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