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    Suricata and OpenVPN

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      johnha
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      I run an OpenVPN client on pfsense to connect to a VPN service provider (i.e. NordVPN) and would like to understand how to configure suricata for this setup.

      I figured inline mode on the OpenVPN interface should be sufficient.

      Should I also enable on the WAN interface since all my traffic should be routing through the OpenVPN interface ?

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        johnha
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        after reading a few posts ... I think the answer is to setup suricata on the lan interface rather than the wan or openvpn interfaces ?

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          bmeeks @johnha
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          @johnha said in Suricata and OpenVPN:

          after reading a few posts ... I think the answer is to setup suricata on the lan interface rather than the wan or openvpn interfaces ?

          For the vast majority of home network situations, when you want to run an IDS. the LAN is the best place to put it.

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