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OpenVPN Cookbook

You're reading from   OpenVPN Cookbook Get the most out of OpenVPN by exploring it's advanced features.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2017
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ISBN-13 9781786463128
Length 400 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Point-to-Point Networks FREE CHAPTER 2. Client-server IP-only Networks 3. Client-server Ethernet-style Networks 4. PKI, Certificates, and OpenSSL 5. Scripting and Plugins 6. Troubleshooting OpenVPN - Configurations 7. Troubleshooting OpenVPN - Routing 8. Performance Tuning 9. OS Integration 10. Advanced Configuration

Using a tls-verify script


OpenVPN has several layers in which the credentials of a connecting client are verified. It is even possible to add a custom layer to the verification process by specifying a tls-verify script. In this recipe, we will demonstrate how such a script can be used to allow access only for a particular certificate.

Getting ready

Install OpenVPN 2.3 or higher on two computers. Make sure that the computers are connected over a network. Set up the client and server certificates using the Setting up the public and private keys recipe from Chapter 2, Client-server IP-only Networks. For this recipe, the server computer was running Fedora 22 Linux and OpenVPN 2.3.10. The client was running Windows 7 64 bit and OpenVPN 2.3.10. For the client, keep the client configuration file, basic-udp-client.ovpn, from the Using an ifconfig-pool block recipe, from Chapter 2, Client-server IP-only Networks .

How to do it...

  1. Create the server configuration file:

            proto udp 
            port...
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