10 OpenVPN™ Encryption
Figure 111: Context-Menu of OpenVPN™
The Context-Menu is available via right click on the file. Select the action "Start OpenVPN" to open
the connection to the NetCom Plus. This will start the openvpn.exe program in the "bin"-subfolder
of OpenVPN. There will be a console window with a lot of text output, after some seconds it will
end in the text:
Initialization Sequence Completed
At this stage the network connection becomes active and usable. Windows will show this with
an icon in the System Tray: The speed of "10.0 Mbps" is a virtual speed. The achievable results
depend on many parameters. These include the real network speed, the network load, and the
number of connected clients.
Figure 112: OpenVPN Connection is active
Open your web browser, and enter the IP Address 10.8.0.1 as the target address. The NetCom
Plus will answer, and sends the welcome page. Now you have encrypted communication with the
NetCom Plus.
Anyone else sniffing on the network (LAN, WLAN, Intra- or Internet) will just see data which
appears like garbage. It is required to have the encryption key to get readable information.
The virtual network connection is active as long as the console window with the openvpn.exe
program is open. Just close the windows, and the connection is closed also.
10.3.5 Start OpenVPN™ by Command line
The most simple way to activate the OpenVPN connection by command line is to use the al-
ready prepared configuration file. Open a console window, and change to the "config"-subfolder of
OpenVPN. In this folder issue the command to start OpenVPN.
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