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Duration 14 hours
Course Outline
Foundations of VPN Sovereignty
- Why commercial VPNs log metadata and respond to legal requests.
- OpenVPN: A mature, feature-rich solution with TAP/TUN flexibility.
- WireGuard: A modern, minimal approach with high-performance cryptography.
- Selecting the appropriate protocol for your specific threat model.
Implementing OpenVPN
- Installing OpenVPN using Easy-RSA PKI.
- Server setup: ciphers, HMAC, TLS-auth, and topology.
- Generating and distributing client configurations.
- Managing revocation and CRLs.
Implementing WireGuard
- Installing kernel modules and WireGuard-tools.
- Generating keys and configuring peers.
- Managing wg-quick and systemd units.
- Road warrior and site-to-site mesh topologies.
Authentication and Authorization
- Certificate-based authentication with OpenVPN.
- Integrating LDAP and RADIUS backends.
- Implementing two-factor authentication with TOTP plugins.
- Configuring access control lists and per-user IP allocation.
Routing and Network Architecture
- Comparing full tunnel versus split tunnel routing.
- Configuring push routes, DNS, and WINS.
- NAT and masquerading for egress traffic.
- Multi-WAN and policy-based routing.
Performance and Scalability
- Throughput benchmarks: WireGuard vs OpenVPN.
- Multi-core optimization and kernel bypass.
- Load balancing across multiple VPN servers.
- DDoS protection and connection rate limiting.
Monitoring and Maintenance
- Connection logging and bandwidth accounting.
- Integrating Syslog and Prometheus exporters.
- Automating certificate renewal and expiration alerts.
- Disaster recovery and configuration backups.
Requirements
- Intermediate knowledge of Linux networking and firewall administration.
- Understanding of PKI, certificates, and encryption protocols.
- Familiarity with routing, NAT, and IP forwarding.
Target Audience
- Network administrators transitioning away from commercial VPN services.
- Remote work teams requiring sovereign secure access.
- Organizations operating in regions subject to VPN blocking or surveillance.