Re: Understanding VPN client options

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On Thu, 2017-11-02 at 20:33 -0400, Alex wrote:
> > There are several comparison sites you can consult, e.g.
> > http://www.vpncomparison.org/
> 
> Thanks. It's been hard to find a trustworthy review site.

I'm not specifically recommending that site, it just popped up when I
did a search.

> > > The client VPN documentation available with the fedora25 docs is confusing:
> > > https://docs-old.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/25/html/Networking_Guide/sec-Establishing_a_VPN_Connection.html
> > > 
> > > Where is this "Super key"?
> > > 
> > > I know how to use Settings->Network to "Add a VPN" but I don't have an endpoint.
> > 
> > No idea. UI indications in the Fedora docs are written for Gnome users
> > and I use KDE. However in my own case I just use a Shell script
> > downloaded from my VPN provider, which hooks into OpenVPN.
> 
> That explains it. I've implemented openvpn in a subnet-to-subnet
> config before from the command-line. Much of this is research for my
> father-in-law and his fedora box.
> 
> Is the shell script publically available? I'd be very interested in
> seeing how they're doing it.

On looking again, it turns out to be a binary executable rather than a
Shell script. Sorry for the confusion. However I'm fairly sure I did
once manage to use openvpn with the credentials supplied by the
provider, so it's not black magic.

poc
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