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Re: [Openvpn-users] Can a host be both a server and a client?


  • Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] Can a host be both a server and a client?
  • From: Erich Titl <erich.titl@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:00:00 +0000

Christoph Haas wrote:
> Evening,
> 
> as I'm more used to IPSEC than OpenVPN I'm not completely familiar with the 
> differences of client and server roles in OpenVPN. In IPSEC all peers are 
> equal. 

Mhhhh often one side just adds the connection and waits for the other
side to initiate it.

So can a host be both a server and a client when using OpenVPN?

Sure, just use 2 configs.

> 
> Example:
> 
> Our company runs an OpenVPN server so employees can connect and work from 
> home. They are the server. I am the client.
> 
> Not I have friends who want to access my computer securely. So I'll 
> probably be the server and they are the clients now.
> 
> Do I need to set up a second instance? Like having /etc/openvpn/server.conf 
> and /etc/openvpn/client.conf (Debian's init.d script seems to start an 
> instance for every *.conf file found there)?

Yep. Unless you work all for the same company and want to do
client-to-client.

cheers

Erich
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