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[Openvpn-users] Initial Setup - Noob Question


  • Subject: [Openvpn-users] Initial Setup - Noob Question
  • From: Dave <dishmael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 02:56:23 +0000 (UTC)

Let me first start off by saying I did RTFM :). I think I understand 

everything but I wanted to check here to make sure I know what I'm doing 

before I jump in with both feet.  Sorry if this has already been covered 

before.



I want to use OpenVPN so that all of the traveling consultants/developers will 

be able to access the internal IT and development environment (192.168.x.x).  

Many of the consultants will end up on a companies internal, private network 

behind some NAT firewall/router. So we're looking at something like...



(Consultant PC, mixed OS types) x.x.x.x --> 123.45.67.89 (NAT address)



123.45.67.89 --> 98.76.54.123 (Devil Linux)



98.76.54.123 --> 192.168.1.x or 192.168.2.x (Internal LAN)



The consultant's IP address is always changing (once or twice a day). So 

here's my question, by using the "float" command with no "remote" in the 

config file, the server will accept connections from any client with the 

proper shared key, right? Are there drawbacks that I should be aware of?



I think the closest thing I could find to an answer was at the bottom of the 

FAQ, "How can I implement OpenVPN as a classic, forking TCP server which can 

service multiple clients over a single TCP port?". However I had a hard time 

understanding what was being done, can someone shed some light?



Thanks!



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