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kwa71 n00b
Joined: 18 Jul 2018 Posts: 8
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 4:14 pm Post subject: VPN on Gentoo? |
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Hello All,
I was just wondering how to go about setting this up.
Thanx. --kwa71 |
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mike155 Advocate
Joined: 17 Sep 2010 Posts: 4438 Location: Frankfurt, Germany
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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There are many VPN solutions...
Please tell us what you want to do. |
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389292 Guru
Joined: 26 Mar 2019 Posts: 504
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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Also provide other info. What's your DE, do you want to do it in GUI or in the terminal? |
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kwa71 n00b
Joined: 18 Jul 2018 Posts: 8
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 12:19 pm Post subject: Terminal VPN for now anyway... Maybe Squid w a proxy?? |
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I guess we'll start there and move on if I don't like it. I wan't to harden my distro any way that I can. I can only use IPV4 through my ISP tho. I don't think any IPV6 tunnels will help me out on that front.
Please bear w me as I don't know how I should limit this thead/post.
Thanx. --kwa71 |
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Hu Moderator
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 21635
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 1:48 am Post subject: |
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I am not familiar with Terminal VPN. What package provides this? |
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389292 Guru
Joined: 26 Mar 2019 Posts: 504
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 1:58 am Post subject: |
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Hu wrote: | I am not familiar with Terminal VPN. What package provides this? | openvpn |
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joanandk Apprentice
Joined: 12 Feb 2017 Posts: 169
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 5:23 am Post subject: Re: VPN on Gentoo? |
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kwa71 wrote: | I was just wondering how to go about setting this up. |
Are you looking for an end to end solution or are you going to use a VPN provider? If you could give us information what your goal is, then we might help you finding the appropriate solution.
BR |
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gentoo_ram Guru
Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 474 Location: San Diego, California USA
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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We need lots more information like:
Are you looking to have other devices get access to your local network? What kinds of devices?
Do you want to route traffic from a mobile device through your server?
Do you want to securely connect your network to another network?
Are you trying to attach to a commercial VPN service from your computer?
You really need to spell out exactly what problem you're trying to solve because there are many different possible solutions. |
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Hu Moderator
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 21635
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Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 1:25 am Post subject: |
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etnull wrote: | Hu wrote: | I am not familiar with Terminal VPN. What package provides this? | openvpn | With what flags? OpenVPN is a console program, but it does not provide anything with term in the name, so I don't think it is Terminal VPN. |
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Dominique_71 Veteran
Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 1877 Location: Switzerland (Romandie)
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 1:01 am Post subject: |
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Hu wrote: | etnull wrote: | Hu wrote: | I am not familiar with Terminal VPN. What package provides this? | openvpn | With what flags? OpenVPN is a console program, but it does not provide anything with term in the name, so I don't think it is Terminal VPN. |
Take a look at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/OpenVPN
openvpn can be configured to act like a client or like a server. _________________ "Confirm You are a robot." - the singularity |
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mirekm Apprentice
Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 210 Location: Gliwice
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 6:24 am Post subject: |
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I think he is looking for openssh. |
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389292 Guru
Joined: 26 Mar 2019 Posts: 504
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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Hu wrote: | etnull wrote: | Hu wrote: | I am not familiar with Terminal VPN. What package provides this? | openvpn | With what flags? OpenVPN is a console program, but it does not provide anything with term in the name, so I don't think it is Terminal VPN. |
I did not mean TUI or ncurses support, only the setup procedure through a terminal. |
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jamapii l33t
Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 637
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Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:00 am Post subject: |
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The "traditional" use for a VPN is to connect 2 sites together over the Internet, or to connect to the network at home from far away.
For this, I think openvpn is mostly used on both ends. There are some alternatives: ipsec with openswan, libreswan, others. tinc 1.1 (does anyone use this?). wireguard (for early adopters).
I don't use ipsec because it's too complicated. tinc might be a viable option.
For this, you must install and configure openvpn on both ends. Also it is optional, but preferred that you create your own CAs (certificate authority) and use certificates, this is useful for more than just VPN.
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Now, the other use for a VPN is for Internet privacy ("hardening"). You choose a VPN provider, and they give you the connection configuration. This is often based on openvpn, again. You probably get a .ovpn file that goes into /etc/openvpn.
For Internet privacy there is also tor, and there is another alternative ... which would not be called a VPN. But most people rather use a VPN provider. |
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genbort n00b
Joined: 27 May 2019 Posts: 12
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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Many users are preferring OpenVPN as it supports various operating systems.
There are many substitutes for OpenVPN. Among them, I hope WireGuard is faster, more secure, and a much simpler protocol than OpenVPN. |
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 54250 Location: 56N 3W
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:55 am Post subject: |
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kwa71,
Lets start again.
Define the problem you want to solve rather than you perceived solution.
You will get lots of help with VPN here but it may not fix your problem. _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail. |
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szatox Advocate
Joined: 27 Aug 2013 Posts: 3137
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 6:26 pm Post subject: Re: Terminal VPN for now anyway... Maybe Squid w a proxy?? |
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Edit: nevermind.
Nice necrobump, Sally01 |
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