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

[RichardJQ <rjq1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes.  Once you have the vpn established you should be able to send 
arbitrary traffic through it.  You'll just need to make sure you have 
proper routing and firewalling configured.

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. So can a host be both a server and a client when using OpenVPN?
> 
> 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)?
> 
> Regards
>  Christoph
> 
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