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| author | Dante Catalfamo | 2020-08-28 14:57:10 -0400 | 
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| committer | Dante Catalfamo | 2020-08-28 14:57:10 -0400 | 
| commit | c6df2f181ea7b48cee5b38d22b67e122eac5b44f (patch) | |
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Expand on reason for setting up gateway
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| diff --git a/content/posts/openbsd-vpn-gateway/index.org b/content/posts/openbsd-vpn-gateway/index.org index 0ec91ec..0d4496e 100644 --- a/content/posts/openbsd-vpn-gateway/index.org +++ b/content/posts/openbsd-vpn-gateway/index.org @@ -19,15 +19,20 @@  * The Solution -  The solution I came up with to this problem is to setup a VPN gateway -  on my network using [[https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/][OpenBSD]]. Any device that sets that machine as it's -  gateway will automatically get its traffic tunneled through the VPN -  connection. It's also setup such that if the VPN connection ever drops -  or gets killed for any reason, the traffic will stop and won't be able -  to reach the internet. Thanks to this I don't have to worry about the -  traffic ever leaking out through my residential gateway should OpenVPN -  decide to close the connection. Sort of like a "kill switch", as some -  companies market it. +  The solution I came up with to this problem is to setup a VPN +  gateway on my network using [[https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/][OpenBSD]]. Any device that sets that +  machine as it's gateway will automatically get its traffic tunnelled +  through the VPN connection. Because I'm setting the VPN up as a +  second gateway on an existing network, all devices on the network +  will still be able to talk to each other normally, regardless of +  which gateway they use. + +  It's also setup such that if the VPN connection ever drops or gets +  killed for any reason, the traffic will stop and won't be able to +  reach the internet. Thanks to this I don't have to worry about the +  traffic ever leaking out through my residential gateway should +  OpenVPN decide to close the connection. Sort of like a "kill +  switch", as some companies market it.  * Our Network | 
