Questions tagged [vpn]
Virtual private network; a network that connects remote sites or users via the Internet using virtual connections so that devices can communicate as if they were on a private network.
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SSH Connection Timed Out - TryHackMe Linux Walkthrough
I am a beginner trying to learn Linux from TryHackMe's Linux Fundamentals. I ran out of time on the attack box and have been trying to connect to my active machine using a VPN over OpenVPN Connect.
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WSL - how to connect to VcXserv/Xming when VPN is running in the hosted OS?
For work for a vendor, I need to access a few sites via their VPN. Due to the security, however, their VPN blocks basically all other network traffic.
For that, I decided to try the WSL/Linux ...
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Can remote in over IPv6 but not IPv4 using OpenVPN?
We are using an Asus router with built in openVPN to remotely connect to the local network on which a windows machine runs. We then use Microsoft Remote Desktop to facilitate the connection of remote ...
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Is it possible to have Brave's VPN not affect the whole computer on Windows 10?
When I turn on the VPN in Brave it seems to affect the whole computer, including other browsers. Is it possible to make it only affect Brave? I don't want Chrome to go through the same VPN. Actually, ...
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How to disconnect from AnyConnect VPN without losing the whole internet connection and having to reboot?
I'm using Cisco Secure Client and I use AnyConnect in it in order to connect to a VPN.
It works totally okay but the problem shows up a couple of moments after I disconnect the VPN I lose my internet ...
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How to start WireGuard client without sudo privileges?
I am desperately trying to set up a "sudoless" way to start a WireGuard tunnel. The user has no elevated rights on Debian 12 Bookworm.
The user needs a simple way to get access to a terminal ...
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Accessing Devices on a VPN's Subnet from the Server's Local Network
I want to be able to SSH, remote desktop, ping, etc. to remote clients that have connected to my VPN/Pi from any device on my main network - WITHOUT having to VPN inside my own network to that server. ...
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Network Manager does not take into account OpenVPN dhcp-option directives
I am quite amateur in the world of VPNs. I've set up an OpenVPN server at home, and I was expecting that by connecting to that server when traveling abroad I would be "virtually" using the ...
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Connect via Windows Remote Desktop over WireGuard VPN
Apologies in advance if this is a silly question. I'm a bit of a networking novice so bear with me here.
I have a WireGuard VPN server hosted on a Linode instance and two Windows clients at different ...
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How can i change Policy Modes from Exclude mode to Include mode in cloudflare warp-cli?
I'm using Linux server. How can I switch from Exclude mode to Include mode in warp-cli? If this functionality isn't available in warp-cli, can I accomplish this using iptables?
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How to have pfSense append an RFC 6238 suffix to client passwords when connecting to OpenVPN server?
I want to setup pfSense to bridge two networks using OpenVPN.
But due to non-security reasons, and not security reasons, it is required that the user's password have a 6-digit suffix (that follows the ...
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How to remote access CCTV's device behind CGNAT for IPv4, and device doesn't have support for DDNS IPv6?
This question was originally asked in networkengineering.stackexchange and suggested to be moved here.
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Multiple locations with local CCTV. How to remote access all of them, with an ISP that ...
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Tray icons - WIFI vs VPN icons
I noticed when connected to the internet via VPN, the desktop tray on my laptop shows one of two icons - see uploaded image. I get the WIFI icon and the VPN icon see images. If I click on the WIFI ...
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Overriding VPN configuration to access external websites
I'm going to break down the problem into sections to make it easier to understand.
The Problem
I work for a client which requires us to use an Ivanti VPN in order to access their servers and internal ...
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Unable to Access Multiple Websites (ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED) from Home WiFi on Desktop PC
I've recently run into a puzzling issue. Unexpectedly, my desktop computer has started having trouble accessing several websites (more than just a handful). Here are the error messages I see when ...
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Windows 10 and Windows 11 (different ISO) corrupted network settings
This problem is going to sound weird as hell, but bear with me.
I got this new PC last week: AMD Ryzen 7800X3D / 32GB DDR5 7200 Mhz T-Force ram / MSI B650-VC / 1000 watt EVGA PSU / Radeon XFX 7800 XT /...
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Ways to give Domain Users admin rights to turn off Forticlient VPN
To truly stop Forticlient VPN it requires elevated privileges. Noticing due to it never being truly shut down unless a user does a reboot, that it tends to cause lag when remoting into a desktop. Is ...
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Best way to access my computer/network from anywhere while having public IP. ISP uses NAT
I'd like to be able to access my home computer/devices from anywhere with remote desktop on my tablet, I tried using a free DDNS to see if that would work but I realized my router is behind NAT so the ...
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How can I use iptables to forward all traffic through an interface based in gid?
I'm on Debian 12 bookworm
I'm trying to forward all traffic from (and to) users in the group watchers through interface tun9 and prevent them from using enp2s0.
I've set up a tunnel using openvpn with ...
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Easiest way to set up a "proper" VPN on a CentOS server, allowing an Ubuntu or Windows client to connect to it
I am using Ubuntu at home. I have a server in the US with CentOS.
With my system administrator days long gone (about 25 years ago), the question is: what's the easiest, least painful way to make a ...
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How to connect MacBook to Socks5 proxy, but over a VPN?
I have a MacBook Pro with both Mullvad VPN and Proxifier installed.
I'm trying to run both simultaneously, so that my traffic follows this pattern:
HOST >> VPN >> SOCKS5 >> Internet
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VPN connection and internet access, but "No internet, secured" --> So I can't turn Mobile Hotspot on
When I am connected through my VPN, Windows 10 reports "no internet, secured" even though the internet works perfectly fine through the VPN. (NordVPN killswitch is on.)
The problem is that ...
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Openvpn connect to server's lan
Could somebody help me because I do not understand what's happening?
I setupped openvpn server on windows 10 successfully and everything is alright with it. I can ping computers on server side lan ...
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High availability Server + NAS - TrueNas + Docker
For some time now I have been toying with the idea of having my own server to be able to deploy my applications, web pages, etc.
My father has presented me with the idea that he wants to have a NAS to ...
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How can I send requests to cloudflare WARP+ from users who connect to the Ubuntu server with Softether?
I have an Ubuntu server and I use it as a softether vpn server. I recently installed cloudflare WARP+ on it. After connecting to the server with softether vpn client, the user's requests will go to ...
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Inexplicable performance degradation on Linux VPN gateway
I run a personal VPN network with Wireguard for my family and me. It started some years ago out of curiosity, but then became quite useful and started to grow. I created an overview of it, it's linked ...
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Cannot connect to RDP when TOR is enabled
I have a bit of a weird scenario. I use a VPN to connect to my home network and once there I use Remmina to RDP into my Windows machine. I connect to the TOR network using Tallow and once I do that my ...
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triple vpn tunnel to bypass vpn blocks
is it technically possible to setup a VPN tunnel (or port-forwarding,or any other ways) as illustrated with bellow picture ?
Assuming there is an restricted FW which even VPNs do not work plus "...
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How do I solve an IP address conflict caused by a VPN connection?
I have my own home LAN, and run an OPNsense (a fork of pfSense) router to control it. I use the 10.0.0.0/24 subnet.
One of my computers (in reality, a VM running inside Proxmox) connects to a VPN ...
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How to share Guest VM's VPN Connection with Host - blocked at ping with VPN
I'm trying to follow the answer of Kostas Filios in https://stackoverflow.com/a/68390615/8684705 but facing some issues
Everything is fine until step 8.
When VPN is OFF, I am able to ping guest ...
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Redirecting specific IP and Port to a Docker container on Windows: need guidance
Goal is to provide more than one VPN connection from one computer and redirect traffic. I'm currently trying to do this via Docker desktop.
I created a dockerfile.
FROM ubuntu:latest
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Can reach VPN peer only after ping from this peer
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I have two linux PCs connected to a local network and to a WireGuard VPN network. (let's say VPN subnet = 10.66.66.0/24 and PC A=10.66.66.9 and PC B=10.66.66.10).
The problem is that I can't ...
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Unknown entry in Hosts file (Windows) for geoip.pango-paas.co
I was going to add an entry in Hosts file to make it easy to connect with a server. But when I opened the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts , I saw an entry for (changed the real ip to xx below):
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Make server not to use VPN as a default gateway
I have a local server connected to a remote WireGuard VPN. The server routes all its traffic through the VPN (wg0 interface), but I need it to use the VPN only to communicate with other members of the ...
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HTTPs + proxy = VPN?
I've watched several videos about comparing proxies and vpn, and I'm still wondering some questions about their difference. As I know, VPN creates a secure tunnel with the client using the protocol (...
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Wireguard issue on home wifi
I've recently started to have a few issues with my server (debian) setup, and I'm a bit stumped as to what could have caused it and how to resolve it.
In short: my wireguard setup worked perfectly ...
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IpSec StrongSwan HA config misses / no connection
I am using strongswan on rasberian 12 to connect to PFsense with /etc/ipsec.conf from an external network to an PfSense:
config setup
conn %default
keyexchange=ikev1
conn peer-ipsec.xxx.de-...
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Windows 11, running in qemu (ubuntu host) can't see Windows domain controller on VPN (openfortivpn)
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Windows 11 Pro (guest)
Ubuntu 22.04 (host)
qemu 6.2 (as provided by Ubuntu repos)
openfortivpn 1.17.1
I'm WFH, primarily in Linux, and when I need work resources I start openfortivpn to ...
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IPSEC libreswan interface endpoint does not match left or right
I am using libreswan on raspberry Pi OS 12 to connect to PFsense with /etc/ipsec.conf
from an external network
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conn %default
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conn peer-ipsec.xxx.de-tunnel-1
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Which server & client options are needed to create an OpenVPN "Remote Access" i.e. "Client-to-Site" VPN, without routing all traffic through the VPN?
the goal & issue
I have tried very hard to solve this, but I'm stuck. I'm not looking to create a site-to-site VPN, for reference.
I have successfully installed OpenVPN using ansible: https://...
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Cannot access the private network when connecting through a VPN to my Raspberry Pi
I can't access the router nor the Raspberry Pi through SSH when connected to it through a VPN, which is hosted in the Raspberry Pi.
The issue doesn't appear in my phone, so the issue is in Windows. I ...
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Bypass PIA VPN on Hyper-V
I have a Windows 10 machine with Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN service enabled. I need a Linux instance with direct internet connection, bypassing the VPN. However, all the virtual machines I ...
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Wireguard on Nginx Proxy Manager and VPS - Correct Routing
At home I have an ISP that gives me CGNAT.
So I have a VPS as wireguard server up and running. On my homelab I've got a VM with Ubuntu and Nginx Proxy Manager installed.
On this VM I also installed ...
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How to avoid integrated KDE vpn to redirect all traffic through the VPN?
I just setup a VPN server with OpenVPN. It seems to work so far.
I created a client configuration and keys on my Debian/KDE computer and when I start the VPN client through command-line:
sudo openvpn -...
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How to reverse proxy via VPN tunnel?
I would like to be able to use my Nextcloud instance with a local server, however I can't control port forwarding on my network.
What I would want to try do is as follows:
Use an external server (OCI\...
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OpenVPN Initialization Sequence Complete with a .ovpn from VPNBook but no Internet connection
I'm learning with a Kali Linux on a VM and I am not able to connect through any VPN from vpnbook.com. I am following this tutorials, but I get stuck in the part where it connects through the VPN.
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How can I do VPN on Hughes HT2010, do I need to open port 500?
I am trying to do VPN on a VSAT link using Hughes Jupiter 2010 but it is not working. Do I need to open port 500? And how can I do that?
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FortiClient VPN stuck at 48% with error code -7200 - Credential or SSL VPN connection issue
I've been facing an issue with my FortiClient VPN connection, and despite trying several troubleshooting steps, I'm still unable to resolve it. The problem is that the connection consistently gets ...
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FortiClient VPN Stuck at 98% - Seeking Resolution
I'm currently facing an issue with my FortiClient VPN, where it consistently gets stuck at 98% during the connection process. Despite numerous attempts, I haven't been able to pinpoint the root cause ...
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How do I use Mullvad's post-quantum safe tunnels with another WireGuard VPN client?
Mullvad includes setup instructions on their website for using their service with WireGuard clients on different platforms. Is it possible to use their quantum-resistant tunnel feature in a WireGuard ...
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