> > > I never used script with openvpn. I've no idea which are real world > > applications for it. > > Scripts are for creative uses that the programmers of openvpn have not > foreseen. Like "after the VPN is up, auto-sync all your git repositories" > or "open up a few xterms with ssh's to $internalhosts". > > David had some other idea recently, which I forgot. >
Scripts are used by Tunnelblick to provide support for features that OpenVPN does not support natively on OS X (such as several "--dhcp-option"s). 94% of Tunnelblick users use scripts.