Peter Stuge <pe...@stuge.se> writes:

>> I am running a multihomed host where 'local <extip>' must be
>> specified for proper operation.
>
> Could you add a route and use nobind? Unless you have one openvpn on
> each IP that should work.

I would really like to avoid the NAT hackery.


>> On ungraceful reconnects, the new TCP connection will have same the
>> host/port pairs but unexpected sequence numbers. The new connection
>> will be assumed as invalid hence and be dropped.
>
> I would actually expect the firewall to notice that there is a new
> connection. Since it doesn't, maybe you can explicitly allow this
> traffic?

I do not have access to this firewall.


> OpenVPN can certainly be made to do what you describe, but it seems
> that there are more ways to solve the problem, and one of those might
> suit you better.

I think, supporting common TCP/UDP client functionality (which choses
random source ports) suits my needs best.  I do not see reasons why
'local' must be tied to 'lport'.


> I know I would prefer fixing the firewall rules.

I would prefer to fix openvpn ;)



Enrico


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