Hello!
This is interesting, I've never encountered a VPN, where the server does not
have VPN IP address.How does one set that up? How does that even work, in terms
of forwarding traffic through the tunnel?
Would someone have a link for me, about that topic?
Kind regards,SaAtomic
31. Mar 2017 18:20 by janj...@nikhef.nl:
> > Hi,
>
> On 30/03/17 10:06, > saato...@keemail.me> wrote:
> >
>> Hello!
>> >> >> Yes, I could "unix ping" the tunnel's server IP (e.g. ping
>> -c 1 -W 2 -I tun0 172.16.0.1), but I haven't found a reliable way
>> to automatically identify the server's IP address yet.>> >> The
>> environmental variable $route_network_1 appears to be working for
>> that only occasionally. >>
>> >> >> How could I implement "sending data and checking the
>> response"? I'd need to get that working in an automated manner.>>
>> >>
>>
> in theory the server does not need to have a VPN IP address - or the
> server could be configured to block all access to it; if I were running a
> VPN setup where paying customers are connecting this is exactly what I'd
> do - I wouldn't want a rogue customer to attack my server.
>
> Having said that, in 99.9% of the cases the server IP will always be
> <subnet>.1 - which use cases are you trying to address in which this is
> not the case?
>
> HTH,
>
> JJK
>
>
>
>>
>> 30. Mar 2017 09:00 by >> g...@greenie.muc.de>> :
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 03:27:55PM +0200, >>>
>>> saato...@keemail.me>>> wrote:
>>>> How can I confirm that the data channel is working correctly
>>>> after "Initialization Sequence Completed" on the client?
>>>
>>> "ping the server", like, with "unix ping"?
>>>
>>> Send data over the data channel and see if something useful
>>> comes back.
>>>
>>>
>> >>
>
>
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