################################################# # # # Client-side OpenVPN 2.X config file for # # connecting to multi-client server. # # # # Comments are preceded with '#' or ';' # # # ################################################# # Specify that we are a client and that we # will be pulling certain config file directives # from the server. client # Use the same setting as you are using on # the server. # On most systems, the VPN will not function # unless you partially or fully disable # the firewall for the TUN/TAP interface. ;dev tap dev tun # Are we connecting to a TCP or # UDP server? Use the same setting as # on the server. ;proto tcp proto udp # The hostname/IP and port of the server. # You can have multiple remote entries # to load balance between the servers. remote OPENVPN_SERVER_IP OPENVPN_SERVER_PORT # Choose a random host from the remote # list for load-balancing. Otherwise # try hosts in the order specified. ;remote-random # Keep trying indefinitely to resolve the # host name of the OpenVPN server. Very useful # on machines which are not permanently connected # to the internet such as laptops. resolv-retry infinite # Most clients don't need to bind to # a specific local port number. nobind # Downgrade privileges after initialization (non-Windows only) user nobody group nogroup # Try to preserve some state across restarts. persist-key persist-tun persist-local-ip persist-remote-ip # If you are connecting through an # HTTP proxy to reach the actual OpenVPN # server, put the proxy server/IP and # port number here. See the man page # if your proxy server requires # authentication. ;http-proxy-retry # retry on connection failures ;http-proxy [proxy server] [proxy port #] # Announce to TCP sessions running over the # tunnel that they should limit their send packet #sizes such that after OpenVPN has encapsulated them, # the resulting UDP packet size that OpenVPN sends # to its peer will not exceed max bytes. mssfix 1200 # Wireless networks often produce a lot # of duplicate packets. Set this flag # to silence duplicate packet warnings. ;mute-replay-warnings # SSL/TLS parms. # See the server config file for more # description. It's best to use # a separate .crt/.key file pair # for each client. A single ca # file can be used for all clients. pkcs12 [[INLINE]] # Verify server certificate by checking that the # certicate has the correct key usage set. # This is an important precaution to protect against # a potential attack discussed here: # http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm # # To use this feature, you will need to generate # your server certificates with the keyUsage set to # digitalSignature, keyEncipherment # and the extendedKeyUsage to # serverAuth # EasyRSA can do this for you. remote-cert-tls server # If a tls-auth key is used on the server # then every client must also have the key. ;tls-auth ta.key 1 # Select a cryptographic cipher. # This config item must be copied to # the client config file as well. ;cipher BF-CBC # Blowfish (default) ;cipher AES-128-CBC # AES ;cipher DES-EDE3-CBC # Triple-DES cipher AES-256-CBC # Enable compression on the VPN link. # Don't enable this unless it is also # enabled in the server config file. comp-lzo # Set log file verbosity. verb 3 # Silence repeating messages ;mute 20 # The keepalive directive causes ping-like # messages to be sent back and forth over # the link so that each side knows when # the other side has gone down. # Ping every 10 seconds, assume that remote # peer is down if no ping received during # a 120 second time period. keepalive 60 600 # 0 -- Strictly no calling of external programs. # 1 -- (Default) Only call built-in executables such as ifconfig, # ip, route, or netsh. # 2 -- Allow calling of built-in executables and user-defined # scripts. # 3 -- Allow passwords to be passed to scripts via environmental # variables (potentially unsafe). script-security 2 # up Executed after TCP/UDP socket bind and TUN/TAP open. # down Executed after TCP/UDP and TUN/TAP close. ;up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf ;down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf