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 8: Securing OpenVPN Tunnels and Servers

In this chapter we will learn how to make the example tunnels we created safer and persistent by choosing a safe combination of configuration file parameters. We will then discuss how to install and use a firewall with a convenient web-based configuration interface on a standard Linux system, namely Shorewall on a Debian system. After that we will have a look at the SuSEfirewall 2 that comes with OpenSuSE. A short look will deal with how to configure the Windows XP firewall for use with OpenVPN. Last but not least, we will discuss the possibilities that the Linux command line offers (especially with the examples that come with OpenVPN).

  • Chapter 8: Securing OpenVPN Tunnels and Servers
    • Securing and Stabilizing OpenVPN
    • Linux and Firewalls
      • Debian Linux and Webmin with Shorewall
        • Installing Webmin and Shorewall
        • Preparing Webmin and Shorewall for the First Start
        • Starting Webmin
        • Configuring the Shorewall with Webmin
        • Creating Zones
        • Editing Interfaces
        • Default Policies
        • Adding Firewall Rules
      • Troubleshooting Shorewall—Editing the Configuration Files
      • OpenVPN and SuSEfirewall
      • Troubleshooting OpenVPN Routing and Firewalls
        • Configuring a Router without a Firewall
        • iptables—The Standard Linux Firewall Tool
    • Configuring the Windows Firewall for OpenVPN
    • Summary

 

  

 

 

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Released: May 2006
ISBN: 190481185X


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