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finotti
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Post subject: SSHing a machine using openvpn
 Posted: 16.08.2012, 00:54
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Dear all,
Is there a way to SSH to a machine running openvpn? (I can get the real IP, of course.)
I can see my router passing packages to the computer in my network, but it never connects.
Any ideas?
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Post subject: RE: SSHing a machine using openvpn
Posted: 16.08.2012, 01:54
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| If you're running a VPN solution, you have access to the local LAN - and can ssh to the machine's local IP (or DNS address). Access restrictions of your LAN apply, unless you configured your VPN solution specifically to put road warriors into a walled subnet - but this depends on your local configuration. |
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finotti
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Post subject: RE: SSHing a machine using openvpn
Posted: 16.08.2012, 09:26
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Thanks for the reply, slh.
But can I access the machine from outside the LAN? As I said, the connection request (from outside the LAN) reaches the router, the router passes the packet to the correct machine, but the connection doesn't get established. I see no message in the computer's logs about the attempted connection (using "LogLevel DEBUG3" in sshd_config). If stop the VPN tunneling, I can ssh without problems. |
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Post subject: RE: SSHing a machine using openvpn
Posted: 16.08.2012, 15:06
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| Running a VPN client changes the routing, in order to (typically) re-route everything through the VPN tunnel, you typically can reconfigure it to whitelist a local subnet. |
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