Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:18:26 -0400 From: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> To: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> Cc: questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OpenVPN with xp & win7 clients Message-ID: <578BE812.9000601@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAAdA2WNMdprFZ23cdUj4ms5A=Tj5XKZwreiwihcqEgE7zC-22g@mail.gmail.com> References: <578BAB1A.2010109@gmail.com> <CAAdA2WNMdprFZ23cdUj4ms5A=Tj5XKZwreiwihcqEgE7zC-22g@mail.gmail.com>
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Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > > On 17 July 2016 at 18:58, Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com > <mailto:luzar722@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hello List; > > I travel outside of my home country a lot and can not access some > web site content because internet connection is from foreign ip > address range. > > I see many how-tos for installing and configuration VPN on a FreeBSD > host. But all most all of these how-tos assume the client will be a > FreeBSD box also. In my case I have 2 laptops I travel with, win xp > & win7. The official OpenVPN website does offer clients for xp & > win7 but configuration info is not available. > > Looking for how-to to setup VPN client on xp & win7. > > > > For Windows client, use the > following: http://download.securepoint.de/?d=Securepoint%20SSL%20VPN%20Client/v1.0.3 > > > > > The FreeBSD handbook has section on IPsec/VPN, but again it assumes > server and client is a FreeBSD host. Looking for how-to on setting > up IPsec/VPN on xp & win7. > > > For setting up the server, use the following: Use this link: > http://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/install-configure-openvpn-freebsd-10-2/ > > > > I have 2 concerns. How much hesitation will VPN inject into watching > tv programs or movies on my laptops in a foreign country? Will > IPsec/VPN inject longer hesitations? > > > I cannot tell about the latencies (I guess that is what you call > hesitation :-)) because I haven't tried it. > > > > Can I use the remote VPN client to start the show streaming and then > have the VPN host record the program? Later down loading the program > file to my laptop for viewing? > > > That is beyond the scope of FreeBSD questions I guess :-) > But maybe someone has done it and will give you their story. > > " For setting up the server, use the following: Use this link: http://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/install-configure-openvpn-freebsd-10-2/" That link content is out-dated. The openvpn port/pkg does not include the easy-rsa scripts build-ca, build-key-server, build-key, build-dh that are described in that how-too. The certificates are the backbone of security for VPN and without correct documentation that how-to is useless. To make things even worse, the easy-rsa port is lacking a manual page.
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