Also this workaround fails to work http://www.blackmoreops.com/2015/03/01/setup-vpn-on-kali-linux/ Again provider agnostic
On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 6:28 PM, John T. Haggerty <jpcoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > For example here > http://www.ibvpn.com/billing/knowledgebase/50/Set-up-the-PPTP-VPN-connection-on-Linux-Network-Manager-GUI.html > fails to work for me on Debian gnome. This is not the provider in question > however. > > On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 2:31 PM, John T. Haggerty <jpcoo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I don't know if I am able to convey this correctly but here goes: >> >> I have been using Linux for a while but had a hiatus of about 10 years so >> it's been a slow requisition of learned skills. To that end I was thrilled >> that VirtualBox technology came out recently in order to give this a much >> easier time in connecting to the network and using operating systems >> seamlessly. >> >> I installed the virtual box package and got the newest Debian DVD ISO and >> was able to get it all installed from what looks like a complete install. >> My issues are with my VPN provider that I use. They provide all the >> configuration on their end so I have no need to be able to offer server >> configs and the like nor can I randomly copy files over. I have a oven >> file, a .crt or certification file and of course my username and password. >> This seems to be good enough to get my android devices connected with a >> port of ovpn. >> >> The issues are with getting networking to recognize the vpn as the sole >> transparent provider on the instance end. It can initialize and create the >> tun0. I tried to get this configured but it seems that getting this done >> assumes several things which are not accurate in my case: >> >> 1. I want to run both a client and server and have complete access to >> both (the provider I work with handles all the server stuff and I don't >> have to do that, and it technically works without it). >> >> 2. All the key generation, random other stuff that the wiki assumes is >> required is apparently not required. >> >> 3. I'm not able to get any documentation from the net that seems to >> disagree with my need to do this at all (Google searches keep >> re-referencing the document with every single re-phrasing of the request I >> need). >> >> 4. I tried to mess with iptables and the like and get that to work which >> only succeeded in shutting off all access to websites that I tried to use >> >> 5. No one has apparently had any issues with Network Manger or it's kin >> that weren't easily solved, and or have never used the virtualization >> technology.....grrrr >> >> I'm sure I have to check things out but I need to know if anyone has done >> this before, what else I need to share (and what I can and must keep >> private due to not wanting to void my privacy) >> >> Thanks for the help >> >> -- >> "The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of 10 million is a >> statistic" -- Joseph Stalin >> >> "Omnia mutantur, nihil interit" >> (Translation: >> Everything changes, nothing is lost.) >> -- Ovid, _Metamorphoses_ >> > > > > -- > "The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of 10 million is a > statistic" -- Joseph Stalin > > "Omnia mutantur, nihil interit" > (Translation: > Everything changes, nothing is lost.) > -- Ovid, _Metamorphoses_ > -- "The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of 10 million is a statistic" -- Joseph Stalin "Omnia mutantur, nihil interit" (Translation: Everything changes, nothing is lost.) -- Ovid, _Metamorphoses_
