Sorry Jan, beat me to it. Colin
On 2014-06-10, 5:42 PM, Jan Just Keijser wrote: > On 10/06/14 23:31, Mike Josh wrote: >> The OpenVPN server is in Europe. This is me. I have two OpenVPN clients >> in the US, Bob and Alice (names out of the classic example). I have >> enabled client-to-client in my server. Bob is running a game server, and >> Alice and me want to connect to that server. >> >> Will Alice's traffic go through me? >> >> This is not a question of privacy, but one of latency. >> >> I found this post that discusses a topic that seems similar to mine: >> >> http://openvpn.net/archive/openvpn-users/2006-01/msg00352.html >> >> but I can't deduct the answer to my own question from that post. >> > Yes, all traffic between clients flows via the server - this does cause > latency and performance bottlenecks. > OpenVPN is not a peer-to-peer VPN solution (by design). There are pro's > and con's to this approach but if security is the top priority then a > central server model through which all traffic flows does offer the best > security. > > HTH, > > JJK > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions > Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems > Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. > Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration > http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems > _______________________________________________ > Openvpn-users mailing list > Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users
