From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Nov 16 21:45:32 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26B65A313BE for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2015 21:45:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b.manas.88@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ig0-x230.google.com (mail-ig0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::230]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E1F60182D for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2015 21:45:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b.manas.88@gmail.com) Received: by igbxm8 with SMTP id xm8so67522183igb.1 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2015 13:45:31 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:subject:from:date:to:message-id; bh=9SzZsY9l4NszHQR0Eow6uFGF9fjOBn0VRY03Qf78NsQ=; b=Z59Coy5QIpOW1UHsSuJZLQiun3t/KX6/ji04QmdQRgqV1Hqhrk32b5IjyxIHf1HBzG nreuE4W9cn8QHX5hcP9GJ96kUKZMzYoDqxx73CbHIWhs58ndDS8zhG6ilOyDzH5GY/xI mwXL6F6dBGpgntjuERDJSnDIUhKuzymQGMNbeGckByQxK5EaaTsUjaS3VJtHY6Zw43j8 lNHEQOCXEyegZ79NaVoDqXIvRE3W7j21kDFAd4GS4oSWDVe0GLI3KefX0y0AF1TDUYP2 KGx4X8B3xNyfPvLr+dTj4JmEtfstM0ddVAhtt3CDmt+sb59bXTC43REdmRzXQBpRRsEC Y0mw== X-Received: by 10.50.138.71 with SMTP id qo7mr6394517igb.81.1447710331100; Mon, 16 Nov 2015 13:45:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?IPv6:2620:101:f000:700:a490:968f:6a7d:d070? ([2620:101:f000:700:a490:968f:6a7d:d070]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id qb2sm6937966igb.10.2015.11.16.13.45.30 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 16 Nov 2015 13:45:30 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <564A4CE3.9663.851BBC@g8kbvdave.googlemail.com> References: <564A4CE3.9663.851BBC@g8kbvdave.googlemail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Help/advice request please. From: Manas Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 21:45:28 +0000 To: Dave B ,freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 21:45:32 -0000 Hello Dave, I run a few openvpn servers on FreeBSD. I use https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html as my guide. Feel free to email me directly with any questions. Thanks, Manas On November 16, 2015 4:38:43 PM EST, Dave B wrote: >Hi. > >FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE-p3 > >Trying to figure out how to get openvpn setup, ultimately for a small >number of >traveling client machines (Linux and Windows) all owned by myself, for >my own >personal use. > >Is there any (in plain english) "how-to's" out there, that actually >work? > >In particular, in regards to creating a self-signed CA (and the other >needed) >certificates, working at the command line. > >I'm falling over with the (undocumented) various user input data >fields. >For example, it's taken me a full week, to find out that my country >code is not >UK, or 44, but GB! > >But there is no guidance as to what the other field values should (or >should >not) be. Such as region/state etc. > >Trying to follow the methods on FreeBSD Diary, but all the >directory/path's are >totally different. Have tried several other (alegedly good) how-to's >also, but >all diverge from reality in major ways at some point, loosing me in the >process. > >All seem to conflict with the OpenVPN sites instructions too, they >can't all be >right/wrong, can they? (OVPN's instructions also don't relate to >FreeBSD, >other than in name.) > >Help please? (Prety please with spots on?) > >Reply direct if you feel the need not to congest the list machinery. > >TIA > >Dave B. > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"