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    Pfsense and openvpn for new users tutorial <– with Site-To-Site now

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      Numbski
      last edited by

      @sullrich:

      You do not create filters on OpenVPN for 1.0.  This has been covered already in the OpenVPN threads on this forum.

      Wha….?

      News to me. :)  I've been adding tunX as an interface and assigning rules on mine.  Oopsie!  Time to go fix my configs again.

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        sullrich
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        @dairaen:

        updatet the documentation with the suggestions of Mr. Ullrich, and as expected
        everything works fine after doing that. Pfsense can handle the tun0 stuff by itself
        so everything is even easier now.

        I scanned through it rather quickly but everything looks good at first glance.

        I'll let someone more experienced with OpenVPN chime in, I just knew that tunX stuff was wrong.

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          dairaen
          last edited by

          removed the BETA tag, everything works as supposed here with that configuration.

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            dairaen
            last edited by

            updated the tutorial, Hernan Maslowski submitted "Easy-RSA on Windows",
            you can download the latest Version at:

            http://www.uplinksecurity.de/data/pfsense-ovpn.pdf

            mods, please add this to the tutorial section, you may link
            directly if you like to.

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              cracker
              last edited by

              On page 15, Firewall: Rules

              there is still an OVPN1 tag. On my system there is no tag, is this generated automatically? Or have you still assigned the tun interface? This is not possible any more and causes problems.

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                dairaen
                last edited by

                damn, i already cutted that, how the f*** does it made it in there again!?

                Thanks, naturally thats crap. I fixed it.

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                  SFM
                  last edited by

                  dairaen

                  Nice work on the documentation, I wish it would of been around before I set it up (would of made it easier).
                  This will be very helpfull for users who want to setup Openvpn on Pfsense.

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                    dairaen
                    last edited by

                    cheers,

                    new version online, since ppl still seem to have
                    problems with OpenVPN i added "Site-to-Site" VPN, any volunteers
                    are welcome to verify the new section.

                    http://www.uplinksecurity.de/data/pfsense-ovpn.pdf

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                      dairaen
                      last edited by

                      sorry, uploaded a wrong version, please download again if you did,
                      a screenshot and some ip-adresses were wrong.

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                        sullrich
                        last edited by

                        Thanks for doing this!  I have posted this to the tutorials section.  Just let me know when to update it.

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                          dairaen
                          last edited by

                          sorry, small update (should be the last for a while)

                          • removed the snapshot and RC stuff and advised ppl to use 1.0 Release.
                          • fixed some typos
                          • fixed some formatting stuff (i will never use Word & images again…)

                          And there is a small typo in your tutorial section, "warrior" is mispelled.

                          http://www.uplinksecurity.de/data/pfsense-ovpn.pdf

                          keep on ;)

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                            Hunter
                            last edited by

                            dairaen, thanks a million you are the MAN!

                            Hunter

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                              sullrich
                              last edited by

                              Tutorial sync'd on pfSense.com

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                                dairaen
                                last edited by

                                cheers,

                                updated some parts to prevent further problems like:
                                http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,2448.0.html

                                As usual, latest version is found here:
                                http://www.uplinksecurity.de/data/pfsense-ovpn.pdf

                                keep on & kind regards
                                dairaen

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                                  sullrich
                                  last edited by

                                  pfSense openvpn tutorial sync'd.

                                  Thanks!

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                                    dairaen
                                    last edited by

                                    cheers,

                                    again some updates:

                                    • added a FAQ section at the bottom with solutions to the latest
                                      postings
                                    • added link to "my certificate wizard"

                                    http://www.uplinksecurity.de/data/pfsense-ovpn.pdf

                                    kind regards
                                    dairaen

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                                      hoba
                                      last edited by

                                      @dairaen:

                                      again some updates:

                                      kind regards
                                      dairaen

                                      Thanks for your work! We really appreciate your help on this!  :D

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                                        sullrich
                                        last edited by

                                        File in the tutorial section has been sync'd.  Thanks!

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                                          micromani
                                          last edited by

                                          For first time: sorry for my english  ::)

                                          Second: little problem

                                          I've log in my pfsense by putty (for windows)

                                          Option 8 (Shell)

                                          down penvpn-2.0.9.tar.gz

                                          tar -xvzf openvpn-2.0.9.tar.gz

                                          cd openvpn-2.0.9

                                          cd easy-rsa

                                          vi vars

                                          […] After that some scripts need to be executed, if asked for “Common Name” enter
                                          the hostname you used in “General Setup” this time. Here are my keystrokes:
                                          [/tmp/openvpn-2.0.8/easy-rsa]# source ./vars […]

                                          source ./vars

                                          export: Command not found.
                                          D: Undefined variable.

                                          Why?

                                          My Vars file:
                                          _# NOTE: If you installed from an RPM,

                                          don't edit this file in place in

                                          /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa –

                                          instead, you should copy the whole

                                          easy-rsa directory to another location

                                          (such as /etc/openvpn) so that your

                                          edits will not be wiped out by a future

                                          OpenVPN package upgrade.

                                          This variable should point to

                                          the top level of the easy-rsa

                                          tree.

                                          export D=/tmp/

                                          This variable should point to

                                          the openssl.cnf file included

                                          with easy-rsa.

                                          export KEY_CONFIG=$D/openssl.cnf

                                          Edit this variable to point to

                                          your soon-to-be-created key

                                          directory.

                                          WARNING: clean-all will do

                                          a rm -rf on this directory

                                          so make sure you define

                                          it correctly!

                                          export KEY_DIR=$D/keys

                                          Issue rm -rf warning

                                          echo NOTE: when you run ./clean-all, I will be doing a rm -rf on $KEY_DIR

                                          Increase this to 2048 if you

                                          are paranoid.  This will slow

                                          down TLS negotiation performance

                                          as well as the one-time DH parms

                                          generation process.

                                          export KEY_SIZE=1024

                                          These are the default values for fields

                                          which will be placed in the certificate.

                                          Don't leave any of these fields blank.

                                          export KEY_COUNTRY=KG
                                          export KEY_PROVINCE=NA
                                          export KEY_CITY=BISHKEK
                                          export KEY_ORG="OpenVPN-TEST"
                                          export KEY_EMAIL="me@myhost.mydomain"_

                                          I must tell too:

                                          D=5

                                          D=5: Command not found.

                                          while if I make 'D=5' on other shell (like ubuntu o similar) I write a variable.

                                          I'm niubby for linux but I think that the Shell from prompt is'nt usually shell!

                                          Help me!

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                                            GruensFroeschli
                                            last edited by

                                            you use a TAP device but have to use a TUN device

                                            if you use the redirect it has to like like this:
                                            push "redirect-gateway def1"
                                            push "dhcp-option DNS x.x.x.x"

                                            you push the custom DNS since the clients loose their route to their local DNS after the redirect is in place.

                                            We do what we must, because we can.

                                            Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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