Re: [Openvpn-users] Scripts initiated by Windows GUI DO pass data over VPN

2021-04-02 Thread tincantech via Openvpn-users
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Saturday, 3 April 2021 01:24, tincantech via Openvpn-users wrote: > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > On Saturday, 3 April 2021 01:1

Re: [Openvpn-users] Scripts initiated by Windows GUI DO pass data over VPN

2021-04-02 Thread tincantech via Openvpn-users
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Saturday, 3 April 2021 01:12, Selva Nair wrote: > Hi, > > > If I distribute my VPN client as a Zip file then what ever name I give the > > VPN config file, I will obviously

Re: [Openvpn-users] Scripts initiated by Windows GUI DO pass data over VPN

2021-04-02 Thread Selva Nair
Hi, > If I distribute my VPN client as a Zip file then what ever name I give the > VPN config file, I will obviously make the batch file the same. > * provider.ovpn > * provider_up.bat > This is certainly not a difficult hurdle to side-step. > > > > It's easy for an unsuspecting user to "import" a

Re: [Openvpn-users] Scripts initiated by Windows GUI DO pass data over VPN

2021-04-02 Thread tincantech via Openvpn-users
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Friday, 2 April 2021 20:51, Selva Nair wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 3:21 PM tincantech via Openvpn-users > openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > H

Re: [Openvpn-users] Scripts initiated by Windows GUI DO pass data over VPN

2021-04-02 Thread tincantech via Openvpn-users
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Friday, 2 April 2021 21:59, Gert Doering wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 03:51:09PM -0400, Selva Nair wrote: > > > As for sending data over the link, not sure I follow. Anything run > > with user's

Re: [Openvpn-users] Scripts initiated by Windows GUI DO pass data over VPN

2021-04-02 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 03:51:09PM -0400, Selva Nair wrote: > As for sending data over the link, not sure I follow. Anything run > with user's privileges after the tunnel is established can potentially > use the tunnel. I assume that this part relates to the synchronous nature of OpenVPN - so

Re: [Openvpn-users] Scripts initiated by Windows GUI DO pass data over VPN

2021-04-02 Thread Selva Nair
Hi, On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 3:21 PM tincantech via Openvpn-users wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > Hi, > > I have had to test this myself because I am a little shocked .. > > Using the Windows GUI and an up script named like so: > 'my_vpn_01_up.bat' > which is kept i

[Openvpn-users] Scripts initiated by Windows GUI DO pass data over VPN

2021-04-02 Thread tincantech via Openvpn-users
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, I have had to test this myself because I am a little shocked .. Using the Windows GUI and an up script named like so: 'my_vpn_01_up.bat' which is kept in the openvpn\config folder of the users home, DOES allow data to be passed over the newly e