{"id":922,"date":"2016-12-17T21:24:58","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T02:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/?p=922"},"modified":"2016-12-17T21:24:58","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T02:24:58","slug":"openvpn-for-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/openvpn-for-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenVPN…for Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, like most times I post to the Internet that I am having an issue with something, the answer becomes immediately available.
\nThis time, I said that OpenVPN seemed to be Linux-only.<\/p>\n

Well, it turns out that this is not so much the case.
\nWhile reading an article comparing SoftEther VPN to OpenVPN, I noticed that both servers were running on Windows. This lead me to do a bit more research and, lo and behold, the Windows fork<\/a> seems to be a work of the community and not so much the official stream.<\/p>\n

You’ll have to forgive me for this mistake. Looking at the official channel, there is no mention of Windows.

\"OpenVPN\"<\/a>

Do you see Windows listed here?<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

I’d like to play with this, but I doubt it will happen. We are moving soon and what I really want to roll out as a VPN\/Firewall is pfSense<\/a>…which has OpenVPN baked in. Anyone have a circa 2014 or newer PC they want to donate to my cause?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, like most times I post to the Internet that I am having an issue with something, the answer becomes immediately available. This time, I said that OpenVPN seemed to be Linux-only. 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