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Hi, I like to work with OpenVPN because it is much easier to install/configure/running on Linux. I have spend 8 weeks on testing FreeSWan with no results - it took only 6 hours to set up a running OpenVPN connection. My main argument is: OpenVPN needs no Kernel Patches! I had to setup a VPN for a customer. For all offices we decided to use Linux. But i have also to deal with salesmen (real roadwarriors) using notebooks which are running Win32. These notebooks don't have a permanent connection to a network (LAN / WAN), so it is not practicable running OVPN as a service. It is also impossible to tell these users how to start a VPN-Connection, even if all necessary informations are stored in a configuration file. I decided to write a OVPN Win32-Client to make working with OVPN much easier for users. 1. Goals - Make OpenVPN usable for 'normal' users - Give adminisrators a tool - A frontend for openssl and keyhandling on windows machines 2. Compiler - OVPN-Client is developed with Delphi 5 -> i.e. Pascal - OVPN-Client uses a lot of non-standard components, but all are freeware and well tested 3. Function - OVPN-Client dials a RAS-Connection via the native RAS API (works with NT, W2K and XP) - OVPN-Client starts the VPN-Connection defined as active - OVPN-Client sets up the routes to the destinations / networks - OVPN-Client hangs up all connections, if all work is done 4. Security - On initial startup the program asks for an administrator and guides you through the configuration - The admin can define actions on abuse of the client (prevent start up, mail a warning to the admin - in future maybe more....) - The user must login with an account and password - OVPN-Client stores data in the registry. All sensitive data are encrypted by a strong 448 bit blowfish cipher. 5. Notes - OVPN-Client is developed unter the GPL Version2 - OVPN-Client is 'weekend-ware'. This meens that i dont't have much time to develop the program - Most dialogs and menus are still in german, i started to translate it to english for international use - There are no information about it on my website, but i will post some screenshots today. Informations and download will follow soon. These infos you will find in the software section on http://www.datasysteme.de Any suggestion, critic and help is welcome Bye Dirk _________________________ ds-DATASYSTEME Dirk Scheffler Borsigstr. 3 24568 Kaltenkirchen Tel: +49 (0)4191 800284 Fax: +49 (0)4191 8002860 mailto:ds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.datasysteme.de _________________________ ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users |