OpenVPN Cookbook

Discover over 90 practical and exciting recipes that leverage the power of OpenVPN 2.4 to help you obtain a reliable and secure VPN

Key Features

• Master the skills of configuring, managing, and securing your VPN using the latest OpenVPN
• Gain expertise in establishing IPv6 connections and understand PolarSSL using the latest version of OpenVPN
• This book contains enticing recipes about OpenVPN functionalities that cater to mission critical applications

Book Description

What you will learn

• Determine the best type of OpenVPN setup for your networking needs
• Get to grips with the encryption, authentication, and certifications features of OpenSSL.
• Integrate an OpenVPN server into the local IT infrastructure with the scripting features of OpenVPN
• Ease the integration of Windows clients into the VPN using Windows-specific client-side configuration
• Understand the authentication plugins for PAM and LDAP
• Get to know the difference between TUN-style and TAP-style networks and when to use what
• Troubleshoot your VPN setup
• Establish a connection via IPv6 along with demonstrations

Who this book is for

This book is for system administrators who have a basic knowledge of OpenVPN and are eagerly waiting to build, secure, and manage VPNs using the latest version. This book assumes some prior knowledge of TCP/IP networking and OpenVPN and you must have network administration skills to get the most out of this book.