Re: [EToSat] Integrated VPN/PEP software

[Joerg Deutschmann <[e-mail]>]

Dear Nicolas,

that combination was also what I had in mind: PEPsal (/the/ open source PEP) and OpenVPN (commonly used VPN software). And thanks for pointing to the net4sat project (which I'm aware of, great work).

A skilled computer or networking professional probably could set this up on his own. However, IMHO an average system administrator may need some more user-friendly setup. Maybe a compiled PEPsal package and some scripts to administrate PEPsal considering the OpenVPN configuration. And some documentation/HowTo. Ideally, OpenVPN would integrate the PEPsal code so that one could simply turn on the PEP functionality via a configuration switch.

I'd be very interested in your results. Maybe I'll find some time or volunteers to repeat your experiments and/or create a similar setup. In the meantime, also pointers to proprietary software would be interesting.

Thanks,
Joerg


On 18.03.21 08:33, Kuhn Nicolas wrote:
> Dear Joerg,
> 
> We are currently running experiments using VPN and PEP.
> Our current approach is to combine PEPSal [https://wiki.net4sat.org/doku.php?id=pepsal:index] and OpenVPN [https://openvpn.net/].
> 
> We propose an experimental open-source orchestrator, OpenBACH, to run all our tests [https://wiki.net4sat.org/doku.php?id=openbach:index].
> It can currently be used to orchestrate the tests you are describing using PEPSal [https://wiki.net4sat.org/doku.php?id=openbach:exploitation:jobs:pep_1.1] and OpenVPN [https://wiki.net4sat.org/doku.php?id=openbach:exploitation:jobs:openvpn_1.0].
> An example on how to use OpenBACH on a simple platform can be found here : https://forge.net4sat.org/kuhnn/openbach-example-4-agent
> Let me know if you are interested in having more information.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Nicolas
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : EToSat <[e-mail]> De la part de Joerg Deutschmann
> Envoyé : mercredi 17 mars 2021 21:29
> À : [e-mail]
> Objet : [EToSat] Integrated VPN/PEP software
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> with the increased demand for home office, the problem of VPNs and the non-applicability of geostationary satellite PEPs has shown up more frequently. Can you give me some hints regarding software and/or tutorials which combines VPN client/server and "user-provided" PEPs?
> 
> As illustrated by "C" here:
> https://www7content.cs.fau.de/~deutschmann/Figure-VPN-PEP.png
> 
> Please mention open source as well as proprietary software (although the former is preferred). Pointers to papers are also highly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks and best regards,
> Joerg
> 
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