Linux VPN that is compatable with Windows "Create a new connection" wizard

Hello,

I'm looking for a VPN that i can install on my Linux CentOS server i've had no luck with pptp or OpenVPN so what are the alternatives?

 

PopTop should work for you.

I wanted to do the same thing, but with an OpenVPN server--but found out upon starting the project that the two used different protocols.

 

Hi, this is the error message i get with PopTop in /var/log/messages

Feb 19 15:24:56 SERV pptpd[32764]: CTRL: Client 87.132.61.71 control connection started
Feb 19 15:24:56 SERV pptpd[32764]: CTRL: Starting call (launching pppd, opening GRE)
Feb 19 15:24:56 SERV pppd[32765]: Plugin /usr/lib/pptpd/pptpd-logwtmp.so loaded.
Feb 19 15:24:56 SERV pppd[32765]: This system lacks kernel support for PPP. This could be because the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or because PPP was not included in the kernel configuration. I$
Feb 19 15:24:56 SERV pptpd[32764]: GRE: read(fd=6,buffer=8059680,len=8196) from PTY failed: status = -1 error = Input/output error, usually caused by unexpected termination of pppd, check option syntax and$
Feb 19 15:24:56 SERV pptpd[32764]: CTRL: PTY read or GRE write failed (pty,gre)=(6,7)
Feb 19 15:24:56 SERV pptpd[32764]: CTRL: Client 87.132.61.71 control connection finished



Gah im not having any luck at all

 

i could help you with openvpn thing..

what's the problem?

 

I've managed to setup OpenVPN and can connect with the windows GUI, only problem is though i have 3 IP address's on my VPS but OpenVPN apparently assigns me a 10.0.8..... etc one i want it to assign me one of my 3 public ones how could i do this?

 

WHat version of centos are you running. it looks like the ppp module is not loaded.

 

10.0.8.xxx is the default "local IP" between openVPN client and server which allocated at tun..

perhaps what you mean is your out IP is one of your VPS IP?

if so,

echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.11.12.0/24 -j SNAT --to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (xxx is your VPS IP) :)

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Thanks so much, it all seems to be working now i can use putty and ssh to 10.0.8.1 and it goes to my server so OpenVPN is working, just one more question

How can i encrypt my network traffic? I've seen companies offering a VPN service that encrypts all your traffic, http & other, is this possible? I dont want to start a company i just want a private VPN

Thanks for the help!

 

by using ./build-dh you are using 1024bit encryption...

 

Thats good But how can i make all my traffic go through my server?

 

echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.0.8.0/24 -j SNAT --to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (xxx is your VPS IP)

try it..

 

I tried that but nothing happened?

 

are you using

at your server.conf?

if not, add it.. and restart your vpn..

 

Looks like it worked many thanks, also to make http traffic work will i have to install squid?

 

umm.. i don't know what you mean..

 

I want to be able to surf the web through the VPN, and log onto MSN and Steam etc? How can i do this?


Thanks for all your help so far

 

no probs.. ok, i'll give you an example of server.conf (server config) and client.ovpn (client config)

this is my server.conf

local xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
port 53
proto udp
dev tun
tun-mtu 1500
tun-mtu-extra 32
mssfix 1450
;username-as-common-name
ca /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0/keys/ca.crt
cert /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0/keys/server.crt
key /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0/keys/server.key
dh /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0/keys/dh1024.pem
server 10.0.8.0 255.255.255.0
#-ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
push "redirect-gateway"
push "dhcp-option DNS 208.67.222.222"
push "dhcp-option DNS 4.2.2.1"
keepalive 5 30
comp-lzo
persist-key
persist-tun
status server-tcp.log
log-append openvpn.log
verb 3

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client config :

client 
dev tun
proto udp
remote xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 53
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
tun-mtu 1500
tun-mtu-extra 32
mssfix 1450
persist-key
persist-tun
ca ca.crt
cert your.crt
key your.key
;auth-user-pass
comp-lzo
verb 3

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start your openvpn server, and then use that previous ip forward and iptables command

connect... happy anonymous surfing..

 

I tried your config but i get [FAILED] when trying to start OpenVPN, I guess it just does not want to work

No error message in /var/log/messages either

 

well.. the location of your ca.crt, server.crt, server.key, and dh1024.pem ?

and based on the config i give.. the log is at openvpn.log..

log-append openvpn.log <<< location of this file is at the same directory as you server.conf..

 

Sat Feb 28 13:56:19 2009 OpenVPN 2.0.9 i386-redhat-linux [SSL] [LZO] [EPOLL] built on Feb 26 2009
Sat Feb 28 13:56:19 2009 Diffie-Hellman initialized with 1024 bit key
Sat Feb 28 13:56:19 2009 TLS-Auth MTU parms [ L:1X74 D:138 EF:38 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ]
Sat Feb 28 13:56:19 2009 TCP/UDP: Socket bind failed on local address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: Address already in use
Sat Feb 28 13:56:19 2009 Exiting