So today I managed to set up a VPN on Fedora 22. I use premium VPN from Private Internet Access. I usually want to set the encryption level to maximum.
Default Recommended Protection — AES-128 / SHA1 / RSA-2048
All Speed No Safety — None / None / ECC-256k1
Maximum Protection — AES-256 / SHA256 / RSA-4096
Risky Business — AES-128 / None / RSA-2048
So the date encryption should be AES-256 CBC mode. Data authentication should be HMAC SHA256 And Handshake should be RSA-4096 right?
But the OpenVPN client is not very flexible. I had to do everything manually. So is this set up correctly? Because the default settings were very different to this. I hope i didn't mess it up.
In the native PIA client it's dead easy. Click click click ....and it's done. In Linux I had to do all sorts of Terminal hackery.
EDIT: Ok, it's evident that something is wrong because, after restart VPN refuses to connect. Also Firefox keeps crashing whenever i try to play a video.
try less /var/log/ (then press "tab" - it will spit out possible options.) u can post back the options. the files here vary based on os and version afik
Jan 15 16:56:18 WARNING Package NetworkManager-openvpn-gnome-1:1.0.6-3.fc22.x86_64 is already installed, skipping. Jan 15 16:56:18 DEBUG --> Starting dependency resolution Jan 15 16:56:19 DEBUG --> Finished dependency resolution Jan 15 16:56:19 DEBUG_2 timer: depsolve: 859 ms Jan 15 16:56:19 INFO Dependencies resolved. Jan 15 16:56:19 INFO Nothing to do.
Can't find anything else.
I also changed my root password. And that's when that crash happened. I have a picture of it but can't upload it.
The network manager vpn config should be pretty flexible. You should be able to just import .ovpn files. In fedora make sure your certificates are in the .pki folder. SELinux wont allow them to be used anywhere else (except maybe .cert)
that is interesting. the logs u provided dont show any issues really. have u tries running the openvpn with the config file from cli. try it with -v flag so it spits out any errors
Fedora is a bleeding edge distro, its not really recommended to run an older version than the current full release that is receiving updates and bug fixes. If you are running this as a Server than I recommend going with CentOS 6 or 7 that have better LTS.
Would you mind giving me some short instructions on how to do this. It's not that I'm lazy I just don't have a clue how to do it. I know how to set it up but not uninstall.
I don't want to. I bought the linux bible and it was based around RHEL or Fedora 21. By the time I got to use it F22 was out already. Also I'm using fedora because I want to pass the Red Hat certification. And become sys admin or server engineer.
If i could chose I would run something like Mint, Manjaro or OpenSuse.
If you want to pass your RHCS then you need to be running CentOS, not Fedora. CentOS will be similar to RHEL, Fedora is a different animal. File Structure is not even the same.
You are having a bad experience with Fedora because you are running an outdated version of Fedora. I would personally go to LinuxAcadamy.com for training for your RHCS. More up to date and better information.
I would be glad to help you with some commands, just working right now. I'm off tomorrow.
Why would i need this? Btw... I went to the oldest version of kernel i had. Re-installed the OpenVPN again. It connected and I was able to load some pages but the youtube videos still wouldn't work. And when i tried to play a video from JupiterB FF crashed again. I think i will have to wipe it completely.
Seems like a good idea, I have always found the clients to be buggy. Can't you just drop your config files into /etc/openvpn/. ? Files normally are like .conf, maybe a .key file, from there start openvpn with /etc/init.d/openvpn start or whatever it is in fedora.
