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OpenVPN Cookbook - Second Edition
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OpenVPN Cookbook - Second Edition

by Jan Just Keijser
February 2017
Intermediate to advanced
400 pages
7h 35m
English
Packt Publishing
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Linux - using pull-resolv-conf

One of the most common pitfalls when setting up a VPN connection on Linux is when the OpenVPN server pushes out new DNS settings. In the previous recipe, we saw that the NetworkManager-openvpn plugin also updated the system configuration file that contained the DNS setting, /etc/resolv.conf. If the command line is used, this is not done automatically. By default, OpenVPN comes with two scripts to add and remove DNS servers from the /etc/resolv.conf file. This recipe will show how to use these scripts.

Getting ready

We will use the following network layout:

Getting ready

Set up the client and server certificates using the first recipe ...

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ISBN: 9781786463128