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    [SOLVED] How to use VIP's for OpenVPN

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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
      last edited by johnpoz

      tls-crypt is set when you set tls to both encryption and auth.0_1540905729309_tlscrypt.png

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      • RicoR
        Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
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        Yes I know, my posting was before I saw you edited yours.

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
          last edited by

          ah... makes more sense now ;)

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          • JKnottJ
            JKnott @Glacier
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            @glacier said in How to use VIP's for OpenVPN:

            We have a department in china and the chineese ISP's regularly block ip's with VPN traffic. So we need to cycle the ip addresses otherwise our employees can't connect to the HQ via openvpn.

            Do they block by IP or protocol? It seems to me protocol would be more likely.

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            • RicoR
              Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
              last edited by

              They are blocking/ban by null routing IPs as well. ☠

              -Rico

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              • G
                Glacier
                last edited by

                @rico said in How to use VIP's for OpenVPN:

                They are blocking/ban by null routing IPs as well.

                Exactly. We migth be able to hide it better, however eventually the ip will get blocked, which is why we would like to use VIP's to cycle through the bans.

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                • RicoR
                  Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                  last edited by Rico

                  Well you don't have unlimited VIPs to cycle them over and over again right? So in the long run it would be better to hide the VPN traffic. I think with the 443 Port Share trick and tls-crypt it could work to get around this.
                  Anyway, I will try to answer your question. :-) Bind your OpenVPN to localhost, then use a Port Forward with your VIP to localhost.

                  -Rico

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                  • PippinP
                    Pippin
                    last edited by

                    Port share won't hide the traffic and tls-crypt maybe for a while, eventually they will find out how to identify it.
                    stunnel is what I would do...

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                      last edited by

                      I don't see how the share thing would hide anything - other than if you have normal https traffic going to that dest IP from the IP in china.. That might confuse them seeing normal web and vpn going to the same IP? All depends on how exactly they identify it as vpn traffic.

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                      • G
                        Glacier
                        last edited by

                        Thanks alot for all of the answers.
                        I'll try out the portforwarding thing, aswell as tls-crypt and stunnel.

                        @rico said in How to use VIP's for OpenVPN:

                        Well you don't have unlimited VIPs to cycle them over and over again right?

                        No, but in the past the banned ip's have been unbanned after a month or so.

                        Best Regards
                        Esben

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