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- | Click on the **Add** button, and choose **Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)**, then click **Create**. Fill out the **User name**, **Password** and **Gateway** fields with appropriate values ([[#setup|from when you ran //setvpn//]]): | + | Click on the **Add** button, and choose **Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)**, then click **Create**. Fill out the **User name**, **Password** and **Gateway** fields with appropriate values ([[#Setting it up|from when you ran setvpn]]): |
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Enjoy! | Enjoy! | ||
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+ | ===== Connecting to the SDF VPN with OpenVPN (USA/EU) ===== | ||
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+ | === Overview === | ||
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+ | The Virtual Private Network (VPN) provided by SDF has a number of uses. The most beneficial of that is to allow confidential communication over a public network. Basically, the SDF VPN will allow you (once routing is enabled) to communicate securely over an insecure connection such as a public Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) network. | ||
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+ | The major benefit of this over SSH forwarding/ | ||
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+ | === Getting the OpenVPN software === | ||
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+ | * [[http:// | ||
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+ | === Setting it up === | ||
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+ | You will receive your OpenVPN certificate via SDF internal email for both the USA and EU server. You may use either server when it suits you. The server addresses are: | ||
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+ | * openvpn.sdf.org (Tukwila, Washington USA) | ||
+ | * openvpn.sdfeu.org (Falkenstein, | ||
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