Planning a VPN Implementation
VPNs create a secure data link with a branch office, remote employee, business partner, or customer that will enable or require server access behind a firewall. VPNs can provide a secure and encrypted data stream between a firewall and a remote client or server.
This section provides the general installation and configuration steps for a permanent site-to-site VPN tunnel using OpenVPN, an open-source VPN for Windows, Linux, and other OSs.
OpenVPN supports preshared secret key encryption via Static Key mode or SSL/TLS security with client and server certificates. Nonencrypted tunnels using TCP or User Datagram Protocol (UDP) through proxies or NAT are also supported. For flexibility, OpenVPN works with the TUN/TAP ...
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