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Foundations of VPN Sovereignty

  • How commercial VPNs handle metadata logging and legal compliance.
  • OpenVPN: A mature, feature-rich solution with TAP/TUN flexibility.
  • WireGuard: A modern, minimal approach with high-performance cryptography.
  • Selecting the optimal protocol based on your specific threat model.

Implementing OpenVPN

  • Installing OpenVPN utilizing Easy-RSA PKI.
  • Server setup: configuring ciphers, HMAC, TLS-auth, and topology.
  • Generating and distributing client configurations.
  • Managing revocation and CRLs.

Implementing WireGuard

  • Installing the kernel module and WireGuard-tools.
  • Generating keys and configuring peers.
  • Managing wg-quick and systemd units.
  • Establishing road warrior and site-to-site mesh topologies.

Authentication and Authorization

  • Certificate-based authentication with OpenVPN.
  • Integration with LDAP and RADIUS backends.
  • Implementing two-factor authentication via TOTP plugins.
  • Defining access control lists and allocating IPs per user.

Routing and Network Architecture

  • Distinguishing between full tunnel and split tunnel routing.
  • Configuring push routes, DNS, and WINS.
  • Applying NAT and masquerading for egress traffic.
  • Implementing Multi-WAN and policy-based routing.

Performance and Scalability

  • Comparing WireGuard and OpenVPN throughput benchmarks.
  • Optimizing for multi-core performance and kernel bypass.
  • Load balancing across multiple VPN servers.
  • Applying DDoS protection and connection rate limiting.

Monitoring and Maintenance

  • Logging connections and accounting for bandwidth usage.
  • Integrating with Syslog and Prometheus exporters.
  • Automating certificate renewal and setting expiration alerts.
  • Planning for disaster recovery and configuration backups.

Requirements

  • Intermediate knowledge of Linux networking and firewall administration.
  • A solid grasp of PKI, certificates, and encryption protocols.
  • Competence in routing, NAT, and IP forwarding.

Target Audience

  • Network administrators seeking to transition away from commercial VPN services.
  • Remote work teams requiring sovereign and secure access solutions.
  • Organizations operating in regions where VPN blocking or surveillance is common.
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