Install vpn on debian 6

Download the tarball from here , extract, cd to the top-level of the extracted directory, and type:. Then open Terminal and cd into the directory you downloaded them into. It will make the next step easier if you rename the downloaded.

Alternatively, you can manually configure the iptables firewall to ensure all traffic including DNS requests must go via the VPN server. It will also act as a kill switch. Note that these settings are not specific to Linux, so you can use generic settings or settings given for another platform.

You may be prompted to install additional binaries e. Again, your VPN should be able to provide these, and generic settings are fine. Update May There is currently a bug in xl2tpd which may compromise its use with the IPSec protocol. The issue has already been fixed in Fedora, so I would expect it to be patched in Ubuntu and Debian soon.

Please see here for the details and latest updates. You'll be asked for "Enter PEM pass phrase", this is the passphrase you'll need to login at the client. VPN connection from command line Server: openvpn --dev tun1 --ifconfig This is because systemd wants only one openvpn server by default. Once you created the config file in the correct folder, you need to enable it. If things don't work, read that file and make sure the filenames match up.

You may change to your preferred DNS server. Test that the configuration works: openvpn --config server. YourServerIp and?

YourServerPort should be changed to your server. Three lines ca, cert, key are commented as the required certificates were integrated into the ovpn file instead of being individual files. You can run it with the following command:. Next, you will need to use the gen-req command followed by common name to generate the server key.

Next, you will need to sign the vpnserver key using your CA certificate. You can do it with the following command:. Next, you will need to generate a strong Diffie-Hellman key to use for the key exchange.

You can generate it with the following command:. You can copy the using the following command:. At this point, both server and client certificate and key are ready. Now, you will need to create an OpenVPN configuration file and define all certificates and keys.

If everything is fine, a new interface will be created. You can check it using the following command:. IP forwarding allows your operating system to accept the incoming network packets and forward it to the other network.