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Fundamentals of VPN Sovereignty

  • Reasons why commercial VPNs log metadata and comply with legal requests.
  • OpenVPN: Mature, feature-rich, with TAP/TUN flexibility.
  • WireGuard: Modern, minimal, offering high-performance cryptography.
  • Selecting the appropriate protocol for your threat model.

OpenVPN Deployment

  • Installing OpenVPN with Easy-RSA PKI.
  • Server configuration: cipher, HMAC, TLS-auth, and topology.
  • Generating and distributing client configurations.
  • Managing revocation and CRL.

WireGuard Deployment

  • Installing kernel modules and WireGuard-tools.
  • Generating keys and configuring peers.
  • Using wg-quick and systemd for unit management.
  • Implementing road warrior and site-to-site mesh topologies.

Authentication and Authorization

  • Certificate-based authentication with OpenVPN.
  • Integrating LDAP and RADIUS backends.
  • Adding two-factor authentication via TOTP plugins.
  • Setting up access control lists and per-user IP allocation.

Routing and Network Design

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

Performance and Scaling

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

Monitoring and Maintenance

  • Logging connections and accounting for bandwidth.
  • Integrating Syslog and Prometheus exporters.
  • Automating certificate renewal and setting up expiration alerts.
  • Preparing for disaster recovery and backing up configurations.

Requirements

  • Intermediate knowledge of Linux networking and firewall administration.
  • Understanding of PKI, certificates, and encryption protocols.
  • Familiarity with routing, NAT, and IP forwarding.

Audience

  • Network administrators looking to replace commercial VPN services.
  • Remote work teams requiring secure, sovereign access.
  • Organizations operating in regions with VPN blocking or surveillance.
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