Re: Limit the number of users based on the key

Gert Doering <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.openvpn.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 04:35:40PM +0000, Peter Davis wrote:
> So, if the client's keys are not present in the OpenVPN server, then 
> the client can connect to the server?

Yes.  Textbook, X.509 certificates, PKI infrastructure.

> If so, why is there a directory named "client" under /etc/openvpn/ directory?

That machine could act as an openvpn client "to somewhere else".

gert
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