[Klug-general] VPN - OpenSSH

[Peter Childs]

On 28 January 2011 16:31, David Halliday <david.halliday at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can make keys graphically under windows with puttygen (Same place you
> get putty from):
>
> http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.60/htmldoc/Chapter8.html#pubkey-puttygen
>
> Not sure about a graphical generator for Linux. command line:
> http://kb.siteground.com/article/How_to_generate_an_SSH_key_in_Linux.html
>
>
SSH Keys are different from OpenVPN Public/Private Keys

OpenVPN needs uses two way ssl which is slightly different from ssh.

Bit like https in both directions..... (with the bolts on full)


>
> <http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.60/htmldoc/Chapter8.html#pubkey-puttygen>Keys
> are for authentication (personal/public):
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_key_cryptography
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_key_cryptography>I do remember
> OpenVPN as being confusing and annoying to configure. I managed it about 3
> years ago now.
>
> On 28 January 2011 16:23, Peter Childs <pchilds at bcs.org> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know where I can find some understandable instructions on how
>> to set up a VPN using OpenVPN possibly with some kind of UI for setting up
>> the keys, and what Keys do what?
>>
>> Its just the instructions are all very well but I'm yet to work out what I
>> need to do with the 3 certificates, and 2 or more odd keys the instructions
>> seam to tell me to create....
>>
>> Peter.
>>
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