MSSI VPN client setup

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reubenajohnston edited this page Oct 31, 2024 · 5 revisions

Kali

Download meerkat-UDP4-1194-config.zip and unzip it
- NetworkManager setup
  - Copy the files into /etc/openvpn/client
  - Settings->Advanced Network Configuration
  - Select + (Add a new connection)
  - Under VPN, select Import a saved VPN configuration
  - Select /etc/openvpn/client/meerkat-UDP4-1194.ovpn
  - Type your mssi-lab username and password into the Authentication section's fields and click Save
  - To connect the tunnel, left click on the network icon on the right side of the task bar and select VPN Connections->meerkat-UDP4-1194
  - To validate connectivity, try pinging shrew.mssi-lab.isi.jhu.edu
- Command line setup
  - Copy the files into ~/meerkat-UDP4-1194
  - create a ~/startvpn.sh file with:
```
#!/usr/bin/bash
if [[ $(/usr/bin/id -u) -ne 0 ]]; then
    echo "Error: requires running as root"
    exit
fi
openvpn --config /home/$SUDO_USER/meerkat-UDP4-1194/meerkat-UDP4-1194.ovpn --auth-user-pass /home/$SUDO_USER/meerkat-UDP4-1194/meerkat-UDP4-1194.cred --tls-auth /home/$SUDO_USER/meerkat-UDP4-1194/meerkat-UDP4-1194-tls.key --ca /home/$SUDO_USER/meerkat-UDP4-1194/meerkat-UDP4-1194-ca.crt
```
  - make it executable via: $ chmod +x ~/startvpn.sh
  - run it from a terminal as sudo to start the vpn client

Command line

create a text file, meerkat-UDP4-1194.cred, that has your username on the first line and password on the second
download the meerkat-UDP4-1194.ovpn file from the mssi page
$ sudo openvpn --config meerkat-UDP4-1194.ovpn --auth-user-pass meerkat-UDP4-1194.cred

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