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OpenVPN: Building and Integrating Virtual Private Networks

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OpenVPN: Building and Integrating Virtual Private Networks

Overview of this book

OpenVPN is a powerful, open source SSL VPN application. It can secure site-to-site connections, WiFi and enterprise-scale remote connections. While being a full-featured VPN solution, OpenVPN is easy to use and does not suffer from the complexity that characterizes other IPSec VPN implementations. It uses the secure and stable TLS/SSL mechanisms for authentication and encryption. This book is an easy introduction to this popular VPN application. After introducing the basics of security and VPN, the book moves on to cover using OpenVPN, from installing it on various platforms, through configuring basic tunnels, to more advanced features, such as using the application with firewalls, routers, proxy servers, and OpenVPN scripting. While providing only necessary theoretical background, the book takes a practical approach, presenting plenty of examples.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
OpenVPN
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Index

Chapter 4. Installing OpenVPN

Installing OpenVPN is easy and platform independent. In this chapter we will install it on Windows, Mac OS X, different Linux versions, and FreeBSD. Furthermore, we will compile the source code provided by the OpenVPN project and enable the required network support in your kernel for the TUN/TAP devices. We will start with the graphical installation under Windows, Mac OS X, and SuSE, and finish with building our own OpenVPN version from the source code, including hints for the configuration of an individual kernel.