XPost: alt.os.linux   
   From: mbannon@spam.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 00:01:32 +0000, Mark Bannon wrote:   
      
   > All I'm asking in this thread is the most basic of questions, which   
   > is *how* do I know what kind of VPN it is that I'm running, once I   
   > start a VPN session with openvpn?   
      
   Here's what I can make out from the config and log files, but, I would   
   like to know if there is a command which will just tell me what kind of   
   VPN it is that I'm running, once I start a VPN session.   
      
   1. The config file is designed for a PacketiX VPN / SoftEther VPN Server   
   2. But I'm using it with openvpn (which seems to be working)   
   3. The cipher is "AES-128-CBC" & the auth is "SHA1" (whatever that tells me)   
   4. The cipher 'AES-128-CBC' was initialized with a 128 bit key (whatever that   
   tells me)   
   5. The auth encryption used a 160 bit hash 'SHA1' for HMAC (whatever that   
   tells me)   
   6. TLSv1, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, 2048 bit RSA (whatever that   
   means)   
      
   I think this last information tells me I'm using an SSL VPN.   
   Is that correct?   
      
   Given the information above, what kind of VPN am I connected to?   
   1. Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)?   
   2. Layer 2 Tunnelling Protocol (L2TP) in conjunction with IPsec?   
   3. SSL VPN (Secure Socket Layer)?   <--- I think it's this, but I'm not sure.   
   4. SOCKS?   
      
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