OpenVPN Cookbook - Second Edition

Using a client-connect script

This recipe will demonstrate how to set up a client-connect script that gets executed on the server side when a new client connects. Similarly, we can specify a client-disconnect script that is executed when a client disconnects from the server. Client-connect and client-disconnect scripts can be used for several purposes:

• Extra authentication
• Opening and closing firewall ports
• Assigning specific IP address to special clients
• Writing out connection-specific configuration lines for a client

In this recipe, we will use a client-connect script to disable client access to the client with a client2 certificate between 10 p.m. (or 22:00 hours) and 6 a.m. During other hours, a static IP is assigned to this client.

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