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This adds a section in the man page that details the various behaviour
of older client/servers when using OpenVPN 2.5.
Patch V2: Include grammar/spelling fixes from
Richard Bonhomme <tincanteksup@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org>
Acked-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
Message-Id: <20200810090032.4220-1-arne@rfc2549.org>
URL: https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg20660.html
Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
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openvpn
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Secure IP tunnel daemon
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:Manual section: 8
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:Manual group: System Manager's Manual
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SYNOPSIS
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========
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| ``openvpn`` [ options ... ]
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| ``openvpn`` ``--help``
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INTRODUCTION
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============
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OpenVPN is an open source VPN daemon by James Yonan. Because OpenVPN
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tries to be a universal VPN tool offering a great deal of flexibility,
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there are a lot of options on this manual page. If you're new to
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OpenVPN, you might want to skip ahead to the examples section where you
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will see how to construct simple VPNs on the command line without even
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needing a configuration file.
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Also note that there's more documentation and examples on the OpenVPN
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web site: https://openvpn.net/
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And if you would like to see a shorter version of this manual, see the
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openvpn usage message which can be obtained by running **openvpn**
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without any parameters.
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DESCRIPTION
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===========
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OpenVPN is a robust and highly flexible VPN daemon. OpenVPN supports
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SSL/TLS security, ethernet bridging, TCP or UDP tunnel transport through
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proxies or NAT, support for dynamic IP addresses and DHCP, scalability
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to hundreds or thousands of users, and portability to most major OS
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platforms.
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OpenVPN is tightly bound to the OpenSSL library, and derives much of its
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crypto capabilities from it.
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OpenVPN supports conventional encryption using a pre-shared secret key
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**(Static Key mode)** or public key security **(SSL/TLS mode)** using
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client & server certificates. OpenVPN also supports non-encrypted
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TCP/UDP tunnels.
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OpenVPN is designed to work with the **TUN/TAP** virtual networking
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interface that exists on most platforms.
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Overall, OpenVPN aims to offer many of the key features of IPSec but
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with a relatively lightweight footprint.
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OPTIONS
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OpenVPN allows any option to be placed either on the command line or in
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a configuration file. Though all command line options are preceded by a
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double-leading-dash ("--"), this prefix can be removed when an option is
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placed in a configuration file.
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.. include:: man-sections/generic-options.rst
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.. include:: man-sections/log-options.rst
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.. include:: man-sections/protocol-options.rst
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.. include:: man-sections/client-options.rst
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.. include:: man-sections/server-options.rst
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.. include:: man-sections/encryption-options.rst
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.. include:: man-sections/cipher-negotiation.rst
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.. include:: man-sections/network-config.rst
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.. include:: man-sections/script-options.rst
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.. include:: man-sections/management-options.rst
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.. include:: man-sections/plugin-options.rst
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.. include:: man-sections/windows-options.rst
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.. include:: man-sections/advanced-options.rst
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.. include:: man-sections/unsupported-options.rst
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.. include:: man-sections/connection-profiles.rst
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.. include:: man-sections/inline-files.rst
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.. include:: man-sections/signals.rst
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.. include:: man-sections/examples.rst
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FAQ
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https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/FAQ
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HOWTO
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For a more comprehensive guide to setting up OpenVPN in a production
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setting, see the OpenVPN HOWTO at
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https://openvpn.net/community-resources/how-to/
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PROTOCOL
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For a description of OpenVPN's underlying protocol, see
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https://openvpn.net/community-resources/openvpn-protocol/
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WEB
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OpenVPN's web site is at https://openvpn.net/
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Go here to download the latest version of OpenVPN, subscribe to the
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mailing lists, read the mailing list archives, or browse the SVN
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repository.
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BUGS
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====
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Report all bugs to the OpenVPN team info@openvpn.net
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SEE ALSO
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========
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``dhcpcd``\(8),
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``ifconfig``\(8),
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``openssl``\(1),
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``route``\(8),
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``scp``\(1)
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``ssh``\(1)
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NOTES
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This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project
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(https://www.openssl.org/)
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For more information on the TLS protocol, see
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http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2246.txt
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For more information on the LZO real-time compression library see
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https://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/
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COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2002-2020 OpenVPN Inc This program is free software; you
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can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
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Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
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AUTHORS
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James Yonan james@openvpn.net
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