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Course Outline
Fundamentals of VPN Sovereignty
- Why commercial VPNs log metadata and comply with legal requests.
- OpenVPN: mature, feature-rich, offering TAP/TUN flexibility.
- WireGuard: modern, minimal, high-performance cryptography.
- Selecting the appropriate protocol for your threat model.
OpenVPN Deployment
- Installing OpenVPN with Easy-RSA PKI.
- Server configuration: cipher, HMAC, TLS-auth, and topology.
- Generating and distributing client configurations.
- Managing revocation and Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL).
WireGuard Deployment
- Installing the kernel module and WireGuard-tools.
- Generating keys and configuring peers.
- Using wg-quick and managing systemd units.
- Implementing road warrior and site-to-site mesh topologies.
Authentication and Authorisation
- Certificate-based authentication with OpenVPN.
- Integrating LDAP and RADIUS backends.
- Implementing two-factor authentication with TOTP plugins.
- Configuring access control lists and per-user IP allocation.
Routing and Network Design
- Routing strategies: full tunnel versus split tunnel.
- Configuring push routes, DNS, and WINS.
- Applying NAT and masquerading for egress traffic.
- Implementing multi-WAN and policy-based routing.
Performance and Scaling
- Comparing WireGuard and OpenVPN throughput benchmarks.
- Optimising for multi-core systems and kernel bypass.
- Load balancing across multiple VPN servers.
- Implementing DDoS protection and connection rate limiting.
Monitoring and Maintenance
- Logging connections and accounting for bandwidth usage.
- Integrating Syslog and Prometheus exporters.
- Automating certificate renewal and setting expiration alerts.
- Establishing disaster recovery plans 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.
Target Audience
- Network administrators replacing commercial VPN services.
- Remote work teams requiring sovereign, secure access.
- Organisations operating in regions with VPN blocking or surveillance.
14 Hours
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