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How VPN Works

What is a virtual private network, and how does it protect you?


Setup

Get Source

Get tarball of source code from here: https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html

Get the signature of the tarball

Verify the tarball with its signature

Unzip the tarball

Pre-Build

Get a few development libraries required to build OpenVPN:

$ apt-get install libzo2-dev libpam-dev

Configure/Make/Make Install

Do the Linux source code build dance:

$ ./configure
$ make 
$ make install


Single Client: Static Key VPN Setup

Detailed instructions for setting up a static key virtual private network (VPN), the simplest arrangement for a single-client VPN:

OpenVPN/Static Key