[lug] OPENvpn and having 2 NIC cards

[David L. Anselmi]

Gordon Golding wrote:
> I have a situation where I want to have my OPENvpn talk home to the
> Openvpn server from inside someone's network.  They have a
> 'firewall/Internet filter' that they have no control over.  It's not
> letting the UDP 1194 Openvpn chatter through.

Kevin's the openvpn guru so he's covered that.

So you want to put the second NIC in the VPN client and connect it past 
the firewall to the gateway.  That may defeat the purpose of the 
firewall and expose your client to things you don't like.  Depending on 
the network policy and the size and (ill-) humor of the firewall owners 
it may also expose you to "corrective action" that you don't appreciate.

Better to find a port that the firewall allows (UDP 53 might be a good 
one, or one of the >1024 ports as Kevin said).

Dave