OpenVPN: Building and Integrating Virtual Private Networks
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Book Contents

 Preface
 Chapter 1: VPN - Virtual Private Network
Chapter 2: VPN Security
Chapter 3: OpenVPN
 Chapter 4: Installing OpenVPN
 Chapter 5: Configuring an OpenVPN Server—The First Tunnel
 Chapter 6: Setting Up OpenVPN with X509 Certificates
 Chapter 7: The Command openvpn and its Configuration File
 Chapter 8: Securing OpenVPN Tunnels and Servers
 Chapter 9: Advanced Certificate Management
 Chapter 10: Advanced OpenVPN Configuration
 Chapter 11: Troubleshooting and Monitoring
Appendix A: Internet Resources
 Index

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 Chapter 3: OpenVPN

In this chapter we will discuss the nature of OpenVPN. We will start with its features and its release history, followed by its basic networking concepts, and a first brief look at the configuration. At the end of this chapter, OpenVPN is compared to IPsec, the quasi-standard in VPN technology.

  • Chapter 3: OpenVPN
    • Advantages of OpenVPN
    • History of OpenVPN
      • OpenVPN Version 1
      • OpenVPN Version 2
    • Networking with OpenVPN
      • OpenVPN and Firewalls
      • Configuring OpenVPN
      • Problems with OpenVPN
    • OpenVPN Compared to IPsec VPN
    • Sources for Help and Documentation
    • The Project Community
      • Documentation in the Software Packages
    • Summary

 

  

 

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Released: May 2006
ISBN: 190481185X


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