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How to tell which services run at startup on Raspberry Pi? (raspbian)
I have some services that run on boot but I've actually forgotten how I set them up! If I want to change their activity how might I do that? For instance, maybe I want to disable a service from ...
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How to set up simple VPN for secure Internet connections over unencrypted Wi-Fi?
I recently moved into an apartment where the complex provides free unencrypted Wi-Fi. The speed is good for my purposes, but I'm not 100% comfortable with all my traffic being sent in the clear, given ...
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Is it possible to have 2 different VPN connections simultaneously on the same machine? maybe on different network interfaces?
I am setting up a new cluster in my new workplace, and I am still administering another cluster in my last work place. Basically I am "copying" the configuration of the first one to setup the new one.
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How to keep alive the VPN connection?
I'm using NetworkManager and OpenVPN on linux.
The problem is I get random disconnections, especially when idle.
So I was thinking maybe there was an option to keep it alive. I have seen examples ...
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OpenVPN --up script - "could not execute external program"
After a few days on Google, I'm not able to find the right answer to my question. After reading a lot of scripting possibilities, then OpenVPN is up.
I have a client running Debian 7.8, with OpenVPN ...
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openvpn usage: how to modify ip address and how to remove a tun interface?
I used openvpn to create a tun interface on linux
openvpn --mktun --dev tun2
ip link set tun2 up
ip addr add 10.0.0.2/24 dev tun2
now I want to modify the ip address to 10.0.0.1/16, how to do it?
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OpenVPN Bad LZO decompression header byte: 69
On Arch Linux I run OpenVPN 2.3.9 server and I get this error "Bad LZO decompression header byte: 69"
I run the client on a rooted Motorola XT1039 android lollipop 5.1 and I use official "OpenVPN ...
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Setup routing and iptables for new VPN connection to redirect **only** ports 80 and 443
I have a new VPN connection (using openvpn) to allow me to route around some ISP restrictions. Whilst it is working fine, it is taking all the traffic over the vpn. This is causing me issues for ...
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How do I use a PPTP/OpenVPN connection as a SOCKS/HTTP proxy?
I would like to use a PPTP or OpenVPN as a socks proxy, that way instead of funneling all traffic from my PC through it I would instead use that connection to create a SOCKS or HTTP proxy that I could ...
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How to set up VPN connection with .p12 and .ovpn file?
I'm quite new to Linux (Ubuntu 10.10) and I'm having a hard time trying to import keys and certificates for a VPN connection to my work office server.
I have a .p12 file which is the key I'm guessing....
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OpenVPN server disable and reenable clients
I'm running OpenVPN 2.3.2 (still a newbie at this) in an Ubuntu 14.04 Server machine. I want to be able to disable/reenable clients that connect to my OpenVPN server.
I followed this guide for ...
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Tunnel specific traffic through OpenVPN
I have Ubuntu Server, and I would like to filter traffic and have only a specific users or groups traffic be sent through the VPN, and the rest of the traffic sent through the standard internet ...
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using NFS over unreliable networks (wifi/mobile)
I have a NFS server at home (and an openvpn connection that only works outside of home).
My phone (Jolla) is basically Linux, and has mobile data/wifi/usb network capability.
Basically, I want to ...
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Load balancing with multiple gateways
I have to different ISPs, each on each own network. The main connects via ethernet and the secondary via wifi. The two networks have no relation at all. I just connect to them simultaneously. The ...
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Making SELinux play nice with OpenVPN (in NetworkManager)
I have been trying to use OpenVPN to connect to my work network. Using it via the command line works fine:
openvpn user.conf
I haven't bothered to set it up with DNS properly though, and it looks to ...
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