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    Remote access with only user cert and ca

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    • R
      reishiki
      last edited by

      Good evening,
      How is it possible create a remote access vpn with only ca and user cert? what is the advantages?

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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        huh?  What are advantages to openvpn vs say ipsec based vpn?

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          kpa
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          What is your question really? Why is such configuration allowed, is that it?

          It depends on the use case, in a trusted environment where you know your VPN users personally the extra user authentication step are just redundant and CA/Cert/privatekey is just fine.

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
            last edited by

            Having the client validate the server cert wouldn't have to do with trusting the users, it would be for the users to validate they are connecting to the correct server wouldn't it..

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              reishiki
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              Is there any guide for set up a VPN like this?  I found that the old sysadmin has make all VPN like this.

              Thank you

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              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                Would think your old sysadmin was an idiot ;)

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