4096 bit offers the greatest security but also causes the most latency. 1024 bit is on the lower end and hardly recommended. Choose encryption settingsĬhoosing what level of encryption to use it up to you. If you have clients running OpenVPN 2.4 or later, you can integrate features for it by choosing Yes. You will be prompted to confirm the port settings. On the next screen, you can set a custom port number or leave the default value of 1194. If you're not sure what to put here, UDP is a safe bet. You will be asked to choose between TCP or UDP. If you want to use these enable them now. You’ll have to reboot the Pi manually from time to time.

This automatically downloads updates, but it won’t reboot your Pi. The next prompt will ask about 'Unattended Upgrades'. I’m leaving mine set to the default account, but you can use any account you want here. You will see a dialogue that states “Choose a local user that will hold your ovpn configurations.” Select OK and choose an account to use. You can leave the default value or choose one of your own if your ISP supports static IPs. Our Raspberry Pi VPN needs a static IP address. You will be prompted to edit your network settings. It is still available on the internet so it can be used by the VPN-client.The installation wizard will walk you through the setup process. It is only obfuscated as source ip address in ip packages. I haven't seen that the public ip address isn't masked or hidden by TOR. Connecting to the TOR exit point does not help of course, because preventing reverse finding the source ip address is exactly what TOR is made for. The VPN-client needs the public ip address to connect to your network and to establish the Virtual Private Network so you cannot hide the public ip address on the internet. With using the TOR network you can hide this source ip address. web server) only see this public ip address as source ip address no matter what client on your private network connected to it. From the private network out to the internet there is a Network Address Translation on the internet router used so all external destination devices (e.g. Usually the entry point to your private network is the public ip address of your internet router with port forwarding.

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