Re: [Openvpn-users] OpenVPN Beginner

[Jon Bendtsen <jon.bendtsen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Den mandag 2.jan kl. 20:26 skrev Ben:

> Jon Bendtsen wrote:
> > Den søndag 1.jan kl. 19:25 skrev Ben:
> >
> > > Hello, I am trying to set up an OpenVPN server to run on a FreeBSD
> > > 6-CURRENT system. The problem that I am having is getting the  
> > > OpenVPN
> > > server to even start. When attempting to start the server I get the
> > > following error:
> > >
> > > root@chiefwiggum# openvpn --config static.cfg
> > > Sun Jan  1 12:18:27 2006 OpenVPN 2.0.5 i386-portbld-freebsd6.0 [SSL]
> > > [LZO] built on Dec 19 2005
> > > Sun Jan  1 12:18:27 2006 IMPORTANT: OpenVPN's default port number  
> > > is now
> > > 1194, based on an official port number assignment by IANA.  OpenVPN
> > > 2.0-beta16 and earlier used 5000 as the default port.
> > > Sun Jan  1 12:18:27 2006 Insufficient key material or header text  
> > > not
> > > found found in file 'keys/server.key' (0/128/256 bytes found/min/ 
> > > max)
> >
> > how big is that keys/server.key file?
> >
> > What does it contain? What are your configurations files?
> >
> >
> >
> > JonB
> The server.key file was fine. Your question about the configuration  
> file
> turned out to be the right question though. I was using a  
> configuration
> file that one of the sites gave and it turned out to be bad. Things  
> are
> working now, I think. I'll have to do some testing tomorrow when  
> I'm on
> a different network to see how things go. Then I'll have to try to
> figure out how to force traffic through the tunnel.

Force traffic through the tunnel?
That is done by routing. If you mean all traffic, use --redirect-gateway

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