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Everything about OpenVPN

Free and open-source virtual private network software

OpenVPN is a virtual private network (VPN) system that implements techniques to create secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities. It implements both client and server applications. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: OpenVPNA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Design of an IoT system using OpenVPN and Azure cloud infrastructure applied to greenhouses monitoring and controlInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Set up Your Own IPsec VPN, OpenVPN and WireGuard ServerThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Analysis of Security Virtual Private Network (VPN) Using OpenVPNCited 26 times
  5. Go sideways: Secure Socket Tunneling ProtocolA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: UT-VPNA closely related topic

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🆕 Influential since 2022

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