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

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    • D
      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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                      • GruensFroeschliG
                        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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                          callinectes
                          last edited by

                          I followed the instructions on setting up remote VPN's and it worked wonderfully.  I am having one problem though - i have come back to create a new client cert using build-key but when i run it i am getting an error listing a bunch of options - almost like it doesn't know what to do.  Does anyone have any suggestions on what I might do to be able to build a new key that will connect to our existing server (and its already generated keys)?  I know all of the files that were originally generated still exist.

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                          • GruensFroeschliG
                            GruensFroeschli
                            last edited by

                            if i remember right you just need to run the vars before using the build-key again.

                            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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                              callinectes
                              last edited by

                              Thanks…  I tried that - no joy  :-[

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                              • GruensFroeschliG
                                GruensFroeschli
                                last edited by

                                Can you describe the exact steps you took?

                                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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                                  callinectes
                                  last edited by

                                  I ran it again, step by step, and its working now.  It is simply running vars, then build-key <machinename>.  Evidently I didn't type something correctly.

                                  Thanks for your help. </machinename>

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                                    Wasca
                                    last edited by

                                    Hey Guys

                                    The Link to this article is no longer working

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

                                    Could the owner please update the link

                                    Thanks

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                                    • GruensFroeschliG
                                      GruensFroeschli
                                      last edited by

                                      I already mailed him. No answer.
                                      In the meantime you can find it here:
                                      http://www.pfsense.org/mirror.php?section=tutorials/openvpn/pfsense-ovpn.pdf

                                      Also note that on page 21 is a typo.
                                      The field "Interface IP" should be 192.168.10.0/24 and NOT 192.168.1.0/24

                                      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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