[Klug-general] VPN

[Martin A. Brooks]

On Sun, September 5, 2010 14:04, Peter Childs wrote:
> On 5 September 2010 11:34, Martin A. Brooks <martin at antibodymx.net> wrote:
>> On Sun, September 5, 2010 06:38, Peter Childs wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not saying they don't work.
>>
>> So when you said "A list of commands to set it up don't get me very far
>> when they don't work." you meant....... something else.
>>
>>
>>> What I'm saying is some explanation
>>> would be useful... I've done a degree module on Cryptography and the
>>> subject still turns my brain to spaghetti.
>>
>>
>> HOWTOs are generally written as a shortcut through the documentation.
>> Take a common use case and give step by step instructions for getting
>> that
>> case working.
>>
>
> Point taken, However, If a how to needs steps changing with users own
> variables or need steps repeating multiple times depending on a users
> requirements its useful to know what and how.

You missed the point of my HOWTO.

>
> For example if I want to set up N VPN clients I need N client Keys, so
> I need to know how to create these N clients, Words like repeat step 4
> for each client help, I guess......

No you don't.  You don't have to create client keys _at all_, which was
the entire point of my HOWTO: getting a simple VPN working, without
messing around with client certs and keys.