I am certain I will not describe this 100% accurately but client to client traffic does indeed go up to the server and back. The difference is that with client to client the packets never "leave" the user-space of OpenVPN so to speak and work at the wire level (kinda like bridging). Thus you don't see system level routing and if you wanted to firewall it you would need firewall at the frame level versus TCP level.
Without client to client all routing, packet filtering requirements and capabilities are available. I'd expect it is modestly more efficient for client-to-client but it's not like it magically does a direct Peer to Peer connection. Hope this helps. Colin On 2014-06-10, 5:31 PM, 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. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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
