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superdeez
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 Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2024 11:13 am Post subject: Best VPN for a Gentoo router with no GUI |
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| Basically what the title says. Looking to implement a VPN in the next couple of months. I tried one, but every time I would start the service I would have to enable ssh to use a browser on another computer to login. Is there a VPN where I can use openvpn as a client without having to switch to a computer with a GUI and copy/paste into an xterm? |
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szatox
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Are you looking for a technology to deploy on your own infrastructure, or for a 3rd party service provider?
And what is your primary objective, because a privacy vpn is not necessarily the best option for connecting company's branches to the headquarters.
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pa4wdh
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OpenVPN can be used without any GUI or user interaction.
The trick is to use keys/certificates for authentication and create a key without a password.
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saturnalia0
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. Is there a VPN where I can use openvpn as a client without having to switch to a computer with a GUI and copy/paste into an xterm?
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Yes, I use ProtonVPN for this purpose. They allow downloading the .ovpn files, you just need to call `openvpn the-downloaded-file.ovpn`:
https://account.protonvpn.com/downloads
I think this is just for the paid plan, I'm not sure.
You can edit the file to point to a key or password file so there is no user interaction to bring up the VPN, e.g.:
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auth-user-pass /etc/openvpn/pass.txt
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I have a set of scripts that use iptables to DROPs everything on eth0 except to the endpoints contained in the ovpn file, otherwise ACCEPTing only tun0, as to avoid VPN leaks. Let me know if you think it's useful and I can share. |
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lars_the_bear
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| Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2024 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, I use ProtonVPN for this purpose. They allow downloading the .ovpn files, you just need to call `openvpn the-downloaded-file.ovpn`:
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FWIW PIA VPN also provides OpenVPN configuration files.
BR, Lars. |
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superdeez
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| Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 3:59 am Post subject: |
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| Sorry for the delay. Been dealing with a hurricane. So it sounds like the consensus is ProtonVPN works well with OpenVPN as a client? |
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