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Instructions For Connecting To The SFLC VPN: Openvpn-Gnome. You Can Either Do This From The Package Manager (Main Menu

This document provides instructions for connecting to the SFLC VPN using Ubuntu 10.04. It involves installing necessary packages, copying configuration files to the home directory, and setting up the VPN connection through the network manager. Key steps include choosing OpenVPN as the connection type, selecting the certificate and key files, enabling TLS authentication using the ta.key file, and then connecting to the VPN by selecting it from the network manager menu.

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Instructions For Connecting To The SFLC VPN: Openvpn-Gnome. You Can Either Do This From The Package Manager (Main Menu

This document provides instructions for connecting to the SFLC VPN using Ubuntu 10.04. It involves installing necessary packages, copying configuration files to the home directory, and setting up the VPN connection through the network manager. Key steps include choosing OpenVPN as the connection type, selecting the certificate and key files, enabling TLS authentication using the ta.key file, and then connecting to the VPN by selecting it from the network manager menu.

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Instructions for connecting to the SFLC VPN

1. These are applicable for Ubuntu 10.04, but should work on other Ubuntu versions close to that, and similarly on other operating systems using Gnome. 2. Install the packages, openvpn, network-manager-openvpn, network-manageropenvpn-gnome. You can either do this from the package manager (Main Menu -> System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager), or open a terminal (Main Menu -> Accessories -> Terminal), and type:
sudo aptitude install openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome

network-manager-openvpn will automatically be installed. Enter your user password, when prompted. 3. I will be providing you a set of files that will be needed for setting up the VPN. For reasons of security, I cannot email them, but will leave a copy with Prasanth. These will be in a folder sflcin, and you should copy the folder to your home directory. There will be four files in there: ca.crt, client.crt, client.key, and ta.key. 4. Set up the VPN. Right-click on the network manager (the item in the panel showing your network connections), and choose Edit Connections... This will bring up a window like this:

Choose the VPN tab at the top, and click on Add (you will probably have no entries in the left-hand pane). This will bring up a second window like the one below (again, the fields on your computer will not initially be populated, but should end up looking something like this:

(a) The Connection Name can be anything (b) The Gateway and Type fields should be chosen as shown (c) The three fields below the Type are file-browse fields. When you click on any one, it allows you to choose a file from your computer. Browse to the sflcin directory described in step 3, and pick the files for each field as shown above. (d) A password is not set for your private key, so just leave the password field blank. (e) You will not need to make any changes in the second tab, Ipv4 settings, so just leave it looking as below:

(f) In the VPN tab, click on the Advanced button to the bottom right. This brings up the advanced dialog box that looks like the one below. Check the box shown.

(g)

Leave the Security tab of the advanced dialog, unchanged, i.e., like this.

(h) The TLS Authentication tab should look like the one below. Thus, check the Use additional TLS authentication, for the Key File field, browse to the sflcin folder, and choose the ta.key file, and choose 1 for the Key Direction.

That's it. You are done. Now, once the network is connected you can click on the network manager, follow VPN Connections, and choose the VPN that you just set up (it will show the name SFLC, or whatever you chose for the Connection Name in step 4)., It will show an animation while it is in the process of connecting, and once connected, a lock icon will show on top of the network manager. The setup of OpenVPN on Windows should be similar.

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