Network Finland(internet)-PC(Sweden)-Uni(Sweden). Uni IP is fixed. Finland(internet) is gained with 3g-4 connection. I need to use a VPN provider to change my country but the VPN provider gives ppp0, does not provide split tunnelling and does not give a public IP.
- Internet is gained with a mobile-connection of Telia-Sonera of Finland.
- First VPN connection allows access to institutional materials ... but it requires local IP is in Sweden. I give them my username+password but they have extra security with local IP.
- Second VPN ("Slave") is required to change local IP from Finland to Sweden, but current VPN providers give only
ppp0, no dynamic IP and no split tunnelling.- (2-3) multiples because there are multiple institutions
Goals
- Mobile internet. I am using Telia-Sonera located in Finland. I do not know if you can change the server location of the operator dynamically. TODO ask it from the operator.
- VPN provider. Find one which provides a dynamic IP and/or split tunnelling.
- Software. Make Split tunnelling. TODO how to make this?
Unsuccessful attempts to gain access to split tunnelling
- VPN - Tor (NordVPN Tor Sweden). This does not work; uni connection is rejected.
- ...
System
Problem: VPN provider provides only private access ppp0. I contacted several VPN providers for the thing.
My current VPN provider is NordVPN. Their answers about having multiple VPN connections at the same time, which I do not believe, since I think they are talking about their NordVPN application only, and their technical proficiency has been generally low
Unfortunately, it is not possible to have multiple VPN connections active on same computer at the same time. - - No, you can not change the subnet details assigned for you. - - NordVPN routes your entire internet traffic through VPN, thus the only option for two VPN connections is to set up one VPN connection on a virtual machine. - - No we do not support split tunneling.
but I am ready to change my VPN provider if it is needed here for the task. I am not sure if you can do split tunnelling by software.
Proposal: Build a second layer of VPN on top of your established connection "inside" Finland. Do this with ifconfig, openvpn and not with "mass market GUI". (here)
OS X El-Capitan Tunnelblick for both VPN connections?
Some OS X part of the thread is discussed here about How to use unique subnets of two VPN connections?
Here is Tunnelblick's demo file config.ovpn without any changes; which you install by just drag-and-drop it to Tunnelblick's GUI menubar
##############################################
# Sample client-side OpenVPN 2.0 config file #
# for connecting to multi-client server. #
# #
# This configuration can be used by multiple #
# clients, however each client should have #
# its own cert and key files. #
# #
# On Windows, you might want to rename this #
# file so it has a .ovpn extension #
##############################################
# Specify that we are a client and that we
# will be pulling certain config file directives
# from the server.
client
# Use the same setting as you are using on
# the server.
# On most systems, the VPN will not function
# unless you partially or fully disable
# the firewall for the TUN/TAP interface.
;dev tap
dev tun
# Windows needs the TAP-Win32 adapter name
# from the Network Connections panel
# if you have more than one. On XP SP2,
# you may need to disable the firewall
# for the TAP adapter.
;dev-node MyTap
# Are we connecting to a TCP or
# UDP server? Use the same setting as
# on the server.
;proto tcp
proto udp
# The hostname/IP and port of the server.
# You can have multiple remote entries
# to load balance between the servers.
remote my-server-1 1194
;remote my-server-2 1194
# Choose a random host from the remote
# list for load-balancing. Otherwise
# try hosts in the order specified.
;remote-random
# Keep trying indefinitely to resolve the
# host name of the OpenVPN server. Very useful
# on machines which are not permanently connected
# to the internet such as laptops.
resolv-retry infinite
# Most clients don't need to bind to
# a specific local port number.
nobind
# Downgrade privileges after initialization (non-Windows only)
;user nobody
;group nobody
# Try to preserve some state across restarts.
persist-key
persist-tun
# If you are connecting through an
# HTTP proxy to reach the actual OpenVPN
# server, put the proxy server/IP and
# port number here. See the man page
# if your proxy server requires
# authentication.
;http-proxy-retry # retry on connection failures
;http-proxy [proxy server] [proxy port #]
# Wireless networks often produce a lot
# of duplicate packets. Set this flag
# to silence duplicate packet warnings.
;mute-replay-warnings
# SSL/TLS parms.
# See the server config file for more
# description. It's best to use
# a separate .crt/.key file pair
# for each client. A single ca
# file can be used for all clients.
ca ca.crt
cert client.crt
key client.key
# Verify server certificate by checking
# that the certicate has the nsCertType
# field set to "server". This is an
# important precaution to protect against
# a potential attack discussed here:
# http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm
#
# To use this feature, you will need to generate
# your server certificates with the nsCertType
# field set to "server". The build-key-server
# script in the easy-rsa folder will do this.
;ns-cert-type server
# If a tls-auth key is used on the server
# then every client must also have the key.
;tls-auth ta.key 1
# Select a cryptographic cipher.
# If the cipher option is used on the server
# then you must also specify it here.
;cipher x
# Enable compression on the VPN link.
# Don't enable this unless it is also
# enabled in the server config file.
comp-lzo
# Set log file verbosity.
verb 3
# Silence repeating messages
;mute 20
Ubuntu 16.04
I can start to test here also if necessary. It would be great if the above OpenVPN solution works in both systems.
How can you make such a tunnel with OpenVPN?
