[Bradford] July Wednesday meeting

[Brian]

Presumably there would be no problem running these things in a virtual box 
running CentOS? My server is Xubuntu (Yes it has a GUI because I use it for 
MythTV). I don't want to do any distro updates on any of my computers because I 
then end up with  MythTV database compatibility issues. Also I'd like to use 
OpenVPN on a remote server so I might get a choice of distro there.

Brian




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From: Alice Kaerast <kaerast at computergentle.com>
To: Brian <bradlug at techchico.org.uk>
Sent: Tue, 28 June, 2011 12:18:16
Subject: Re: [Bradford] July Wednesday meeting

Yeah the certificates can be a problem, as can the IPtables setup.
OpenVPN itself isn't too difficult.  I've added a slide on OpenSSL.

I'm using Centos as the server and Debian (Crunchbang actually) as the
client.  My main problem was that Centos had compression turned on by
default but Debian didn't, and it took a while to spot that was the
problem (it appeared to connect fine, just didn't work after
connection).

Alice


On 28 June 2011 11:49, Brian <bradlug at techchico.org.uk> wrote:
> When I tried to get openvpn working it was, immsmc,  the generation of
> certificates that failed.
> So, perhaps that subject could be covered as well some time. Also what
> distro will you use?
> It seems to be inherent bugs, in some distros, that become stumbling blocks.
> Brian
>
> ________________________________
> From: Alice Kaerast <kaerast at computergentle.com>
> To: Brian <bradlug at techchico.org.uk>
> Sent: Mon, 27 June, 2011 23:27:09
> Subject: Re: [Bradford] July Wednesday meeting
>
> On 27 June 2011 20:27, Brian <bradlug at techchico.org.uk> wrote:
>> Truecrypt: It is only a basic introduction. I am using both a password and
>> a
>> keyfile in the video.
>
> sure, which I guess is what you want from an instructional video.  The
> 'why's and use-cases are probably best answered in-person anyway.
>
> What did you want covering in terms of OpenVPN?  I've thrown together
> a basic intro <https://github.com/kaerast/OpenVPN-Presentation> with
> the idea of winging it on the night depending on what people want
> covering.  A practical session might be a bit awkward to do since it
> would depend on first setting up OpenSSL certificates which is an
> entire topic in itself.  Can show off the nice Network Manager gui
> though and demonstrate connecting, possibly debug anybody's problems.
>
> Alice
>
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