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Re: [Openvpn-users] how tight can i firewall off the openvpn ip addresses and still expect it to work?


  • Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] how tight can i firewall off the openvpn ip addresses and still expect it to work?
  • From: John Favorite <john.favorite@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 09:52:47 -0700

I beleive the only way to allow openvpn clients to see each other is
to add -client-to-client or push/pull a route to them. Please someone
correct me if I am wrong

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 11:12:50 +0200, Jon Bendtsen <jon.bendtsen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm running openvpn 2.0 beta7.
> 
> i use the server mode, and still uses the ip addresses suggested in the
> release notes 2.0.
> 
> "# The server's virtual endpoints
> ifconfig 10.8.0.1 10.8.0.2
> 
> # Pool of /30 subnets to be allocated to clients.
> # When a client connects, an --ifconfig command
> # will be automatically generated and pushed back to
> # the client.
> ifconfig-pool 10.8.0.4 10.8.0.255"
> 
> i would prefer having a tight firewall, such that the clients can
> _ONLY_ talk to the vpn gateway and not each other.
> 
> does that mean access between addresses
> 10.8.0.1        +       10.8.0.6
> 10.8.0.1        +       10.8.0.8
> 10.8.0.1        +       10.8.0.10
> 10.8.0.1        +       10.8.0.12
> 10.8.0.1        +       10.8.0.14
> ...
> 
> or are the 10.8.0.2, and .5 used for anything?
> (apparently it doesnt use ip 3 and 4, maybe because i already used it
> for some other computer?
> or is it because of     ifconfig-pool 10.8.0.4 10.8.0.255       in the config
> file?
> but why .4, and not .3 ?
> 
> JonB
> 
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