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Troubleshooting OpenVPN

By : Eric F Crist
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Troubleshooting OpenVPN

By: Eric F Crist

Overview of this book

OpenVPN, the most widely used open source VPN package, allows you to create a secure network across systems, keeping your private data secure. Connectivity and other issues are a pain to deal with, especially if they are impacting your business. This book will help you resolve the issues faced by OpenVPN users and teach the techniques on how to troubleshoot it like a true expert. This book is a one stop solution for troubleshooting any issue related to OpenVPN. We will start by introducing you to troubleshooting techniques such as Packet Sniffing, Log Parsing, and OpenSSL. You will see how to overcome operating system specific errors. Later on, you will get to know about network and routing errors by exploring the concepts of IPv4 and IPv6 networking issues. You will discover how to overcome these issues to improve the performance of your OpenVPN deployment. By the end of the book, you will know the best practices, tips, and tricks to ensure the smooth running of your OpenVPN.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

About the Reviewer

Krzee King is a self taught BSD/Linux user. He began helping in the OpenVPN community in 2007, when he and the author Eric took control of the IRC channel, and later founded the web forum with Eric and dougy. He believes very strongly in the importance of encryption, and the need for strong encryption to be usable by all. He also had the pleasure of reviewing OpenVPN 2 Cookbook by Jan Just Keijser.

Thanks to my lovely wife and my parents, for their endless support. I love you guys.