Hi Gert,
Much appreciated - thanks for your time!
Fred
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Gert Doering <g...@greenie.muc.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 01:18:09PM -0700, Fred Templin wrote:
> > > OpenVPN will figure out how to reach the VPN server, install a host
> route
> > > for that using the old default router, and then install a new default
> > > route towards the VPN (either by replacing and restoring /0, or by
> adding
> > > two /1 routes).
> >
> > Makes sense, but how does that play out on handsets that
> > restrict access to the routing table? Does the handset have
> > to be rooted, or can OpenVPN run by an ordinary user mess
> > with the routes?
>
> On the handsets, the VPN API takes care of this. You just tell the OS
> "direct <this> into the VPN", and do not have to worry about anything.
>
> Very nice and convenient, this.
>
> > > And this does not work for IPv6 yet, because nobody has written the
> > > "find out what my default gateway is right now, so I can add more
> specific
> > > routes to it!" code yet...
> >
> > It seems in principle like it should be the same for IPv6 as
> > it is for IPv4, shouldn't it?
>
> Yes. It's just code that needs to be written, on the "traditional"
> platforms (Linux, *BSD, Windows).
>
> gert
>
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