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Course Outline
VPN Sovereignty Fundamentals
- The reasons behind commercial VPNs logging metadata and complying with legal requests.
- OpenVPN: A mature, feature-rich protocol offering TAP/TUN flexibility.
- WireGuard: A modern, minimalistic protocol with high-performance cryptography.
- Selecting the appropriate protocol for your specific threat model.
OpenVPN Deployment
- Installing OpenVPN along with Easy-RSA PKI.
- Server configuration: cipher, HMAC, TLS-auth, and topology.
- Generation and distribution of client configurations.
- Revocation and CRL management.
WireGuard Deployment
- Installation of the kernel module and WireGuard-tools.
- Key generation and peer configuration.
- Management of wg-quick and systemd units.
- Implementing road warrior and site-to-site mesh topologies.
Authentication and Authorization
- Certificate-based authentication with OpenVPN.
- Integration with LDAP and RADIUS backends.
- Two-factor authentication using TOTP plugins.
- Access control lists and per-user IP allocation.
Routing and Network Design
- Routing strategies for full tunnel versus split tunnel.
- Configuration of push routes, DNS, and WINS.
- NAT and masquerading for egress traffic.
- Multi-WAN and policy-based routing.
Performance and Scaling
- Throughput benchmarks comparing WireGuard and OpenVPN.
- Multi-core optimization and kernel bypass techniques.
- Load balancing across multiple VPN servers.
- DDoS protection and connection rate limiting.
Monitoring and Maintenance
- Connection logging and bandwidth accounting.
- Integration of Syslog and Prometheus exporters.
- Automated certificate renewal and expiration alerts.
- Disaster recovery strategies and configuration backups.
Requirements
- Intermediate knowledge of Linux networking and firewall administration.
- Understanding of PKI, certificates, and encryption protocols.
- Familiarity with routing, NAT, and IP forwarding.
Audience
- Network administrators seeking to replace commercial VPN services.
- Remote work teams requiring sovereign and secure access.
- Organizations situated in regions subject to VPN blocking or surveillance.
14 Hours
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