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| author | Dimitri Staessens <dimitri@ouroboros.rocks> | 2020-01-22 21:23:52 +0100 |
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| committer | Dimitri Staessens <dimitri@ouroboros.rocks> | 2020-01-22 21:44:13 +0100 |
| commit | a4ff4854365155786063e2eed627fb247a78cae5 (patch) | |
| tree | 98eef45e057b977819626490f8929ccf35e32e05 /content/en | |
| parent | 35394c780783e7c2352808772d5182539b62e45b (diff) | |
| download | website-a4ff4854365155786063e2eed627fb247a78cae5.tar.gz website-a4ff4854365155786063e2eed627fb247a78cae5.zip | |
content: Fix ovpn tutorial
There was an error in the IP command (-I is for specifying the
interface). It also clarifies now that ICMP ping doesn't work.
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| -rw-r--r-- | content/en/docs/Tutorials/ovpn-tut.md | 16 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/content/en/docs/Tutorials/ovpn-tut.md b/content/en/docs/Tutorials/ovpn-tut.md index eb99c62..e2d6eb3 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/Tutorials/ovpn-tut.md +++ b/content/en/docs/Tutorials/ovpn-tut.md @@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ and 127.0.0.8 /24, as shown in the diagram above. To run this tutorial, make sure that [openssl](https://www.openssl.org) is installed on your machine(s) and -get the latest version of Ouroboros from the _be_ branch. +get the latest version of Ouroboros. ```bash -$ git clone --branch be https://ouroboros.rocks/git/ouroboros +$ git clone https://ouroboros.rocks/git/ouroboros $ cd ouroboros $ mkdir build && cd build $ cmake .. @@ -107,10 +107,12 @@ $ sudo tcpdump -i lo From another terminal, send some pings into the other endpoint: ```bash -$ ping 10.10.10.1 -i tun0 +$ ping 10.10.10.1 -I tun0 ``` -The tcpdump on the _tun1_ interface shows the ping messages arriving: +The pings will timeout since ICMP pings are responded to by the kernel +(and the tun interface is userspace), but the tcpdump on the _tun1_ +interface will show the ping messages arriving: ```bash $ sudo tcpdump -i tun1 @@ -123,7 +125,8 @@ listening on tun1, link-type RAW (Raw IP), capture size 262144 bytes ``` While the tcpdump on the loopback shows the AES encrypted traffic that -is actually sent on the flow: +is actually sent on the flow (and not visible to the legacy "network" +below: ```bash $ sudo tcpdump -i lo @@ -158,6 +161,9 @@ listening on lo, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 262144 bytes 0x0070: 5fb2 73ef ``` +You can experiment with other small tools like nc (netcat) to monitor +both requests and responses. + # Encrypted tunnel between two IP hosts connected to the Internet To create an encrypted tunnel between two Internet hosts, the same |