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My main use case for OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey is strong encryption, support for many cipher suites, and its flexibility in authentication.
I use it for strong encryption and flexible authentication in my work by ensuring it covers both the control channel and data channel. For flexible authentication methods, there are many different certificates you can run, making it suitable for production enterprise-class setups for clients.
Some of the best features OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey offers are its ability to handle dynamic IPs, DHCP, and support for both Layer 3 and Layer 2 via TAP.
OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey has positively impacted my organization by helping integrate large authentication, firewall, and logging infrastructure through plugins and scripts.
That integration has made things better for my organization by saving time and making management much easier.
OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey can be improved by not requiring manual certificate generation, as that can be tedious.
I have been using OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey for one year.
OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey is stable.
OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey has good scalability.
OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey offers good customer support.
I previously used a different solution.
I purchased OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey through the AWS Marketplace.
The other option I considered before choosing OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey was Cisco.
I have not seen a return on investment with OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey.
I give it a seven because of the cost and the manual certificate generation.
The advice I would give to others looking into using OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey is to skip it. I give this product a rating of seven.
After a fresh install, when you generate the client profile, you normally get timeouts. For this to fix, add the following lines in your server.conf file which is located as /etc/openvpn/server.conf,
The lines are,
cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA256
After adding these lines, restart the openvpn servive by using,
systemctl restart openvpn
Also, reboot the instance for any unknown changes to be applied.
We use the solution to connect to our internal infrastructure in our data center. We also use it to run our virtual machines on servers protected by OpenVPN in the internal network. The solution's connection is very fast, and I don't have any problems with its speed.
I would like to get less updates from the solution.
I have been using the solution for a couple of years.
I rate the solution ten out of ten for stability.
Around 50 users are using the solution in our organization.
The solution’s initial setup is easy.
The solution can be deployed easily within a few minutes.
The solution is easy to use and doesn't need to be maintained daily.
We have one system administrator who maintains this product on the server side. OpenVPN Community Edition is small, convenient for our purposes, and works fine. I would recommend the solution to other users who want to protect their internal infrastructure because it is not a complex product and doesn't require many people to manage it.
Overall, I rate the solution ten out of ten.
The benefit experienced by my company from the product's use stems from the fact that the solution allows us to have the convenience of remotely using company PCs.
The most valuable features of the solution are its stability and user-friendly UI.
The product's initial setup phase is not straightforward, making it an area where improvements are required.
I have experience with OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey.
The stability in the connections provided by the product is good.
Stability-wise, I rate the solution a seven to eight out of ten.
There are around 100 end users of the solution in my company.
There are plans to increase the use of the solution in my company, especially to help people who want to connect remotely with their company's PCs.
I would only contact the technical support team if my account is being deleted.
The product's initial setup phase was a little bit complex because there was a need to work on the configuration part.
For the deployment process, you need access to an executable file, which can be a .ASA file, along with a configuration file to edit. When you open the application, you have to put in the config file in the software and then run it to make it work.
The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.
The solution can be deployed in a few hours. If you have some assistance from the IT service or IT team, the deployment can be done within a few hours.
I take care of the deployment process with the help of the product's documents.
I use the product on my PC in the company for remote access.
I am not sure whether the product has enhanced data security in my company, but I use OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey, whenever I need access to the PCs in my company to work remotely.
Speaking about how the encryption technology in the product meets our company's privacy requirements, I would say that I think it depends on the policy of the organization, about which I don't really know much.
I would tell those who plan to use the product that it is one of the popular software solutions.
The product is very good in terms of reliability and the performance offered to its users.
I rate the tool an eight out of ten.
This is not as easy as the official OpenVPN AMI but it is much easier than rolling an image your self.
The instructions at Github leave something to be desired, but if you're setting up a VPN into an AWS VPC you can use the instructions here https://thinkwithwp.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-vtdzptnsownow?ref=cns_srchrow#pdp-overview to get it up and running.
The first step of instructions don't work as the server seems to be completely unreachable. Can't ssh into it using cert nominated in setup.