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Old 02-14-2016, 03:49 AM   #1
munhunger
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OpenVPN for one user


Hi!

I have been trying(with no luck) to get all network traffic from one user through my openvpn connection, while everything else goes through as normal.
I know that this is possible as I had this setting a while ago. Only problem is that I got help with it last time and now I cannot find any guide that is simple enough for me to follow.

So if anyone would be kind enough to try to help me or link me to something easy to follow, I would very much appreciate it!
 
Old 02-14-2016, 08:41 PM   #2
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So far as I know, no one has ever invented a hardware "switch" or a hardware "router" that knew what a "logged-in user" was.

Therefore, I have no idea how OpenVPN (or any other VPN solution) would be able to do such a thing.

Duly acknowledging your statement that "I had this setting a while ago," I, too, have no idea how it was done.

OpenVPN in "bridge" mode acts as a hardware switch, while in "routed" mode it acts as a hardware router. Even though none of the IP-address ranges actually correspond to physical hardware, nothing in the software world is capable of detecting this illusion: from their perspective, "it is real."

"User identities" are nowhere in this picture . . .
 
Old 02-14-2016, 11:42 PM   #3
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Get all network traffic for one user?

Wow..if you said you've done it before. The guy who helped you must have pretty impressive skills.

Which traffic you're planning to capture incoming network traffic? or both?
 
  


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