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  • MikroTik Site to Site OpenVPN Server Setup (RouterOS Client)

    VPN (Virtual Private Network) technology provides a secure and encrypted tunnel across a public network. So, a private network user can send and receive data to any remote private network through VPN tunnel as if his/her network device was directly connected to that private network. MikroTik OpenVPN Server provides a secure and encrypted tunnel across public network for transporting IP traffic using PPP. OpenVPN Server uses SSL Certificates. So, OpenVPN Tunnel is a trusted tunnel to send and receive data across public network. MikroTik OpenVPN Server can be applied in two methods. Connecting remote workstation/client with OpenVPN: In this method, OpenVPN client software, installed any operating system such as Windows, can communicate with MikroTik OpenVPN server through OpenVPN tunnel whenever required and can access remote private network as if it was directly connected to the remote private network. Site to Site OpenVPN: This method is also known as VPN between routers. In this method, an OpenVPN client supported router always establishes an OpenVPN tunnel with MikroTik OpenVPN Server. So, private networks of these routers can communicate with each other as if they were directly connected to the same router. The goal of this article is to create a site to [...]

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    MikroTik OpenVPN Configuration on TCP Port 443 with Windows OS |   April 6, 2020

    MikroTik OpenVPN is an amazing VPN solution. IT provides a secure and encrypted VPN tunnel across public network. Unlike PPTP and L2TP VPN Services which are poorly designed and can easily be blocked, OpenVPN can highly be customized and even can be run on so popular TCP Port 443. So, OpenVPN cannot easily be blocked. OpenVPN uses SSL/TLS Certificates. So, OpenVPN Tunnel is a trusted tunnel to send and receive data across public network. OpenVPN is a site to site [...]

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    MikroTik OpenVPN Setup with Windows Client |   April 2, 2018

    VPN (Virtual Private Network) technology provides a secure and encrypted tunnel across a public network. So, a private network user can send and receive data to any remote private network through VPN tunnel as if his/her network device was directly connected to that private network. MikroTik OpenVPN Server provides a secure and encrypted tunnel across public network for transporting IP traffic using PPP. OpenVPN uses SSL Certificates. So, OpenVPN Tunnel is a trusted tunnel to send and receive data across [...]

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    WireGuard VPN Setup in MikroTik RouterOS7 with Windows OS |   August 14, 2022

    VPN (Virtual Private Network) is one of the most popular services in MikroTik RouterOS. A lot of VPN services (IPsec, EoIP, OpenVPN, PPTP, L2TP, IPIP etc.) are available in MikroTik RouterOS but in RouterOS7, a new VPN service named WireGuard has been introduced which is extremely simple yet first, secure and modern VPN. WireGuard uses cryptography to make it secure. In RouterOS7, WireGuard can be used either Client-Server (Road Warrior) VPN tunnel or site to site VPN tunnel. Using Client-Server [...]

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    MikroTik SSTP VPN Server Configuration with Windows 10 |   April 27, 2020

    VPN (Virtual Private Network) technology provides a secure and encrypted tunnel across a public network. So, a private network user can send and receive data to any remote private network through VPN tunnel as if his/her network device was directly connected to that private network. Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) transports PPP tunnel over TLS channel. SSTP uses TLS channel over TCP port 443. So, SSTP VPN can virtually pass through all firewalls and proxy servers. Because of using TLS [...]

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    How to Block VPN Access with MikroTik Router |   May 14, 2019

    Sometimes system administrators create firewall rule to block unwanted websites. But VPN apps break these firewall rules and allow access to unwanted websites. For example, if Facebook is blocked with MikroTik Firewall and any expert user installs and enables VPN apps (such as OpenVPN, Hotspot Shield, ProtonVPN, NordVPN, PureVPN etc.), he can easily get access to Facebook. So, system administrators should also block popular VPN apps so that user cannot use those VPN servers. Blocking VPN apps is not so [...]

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    MikroTik DNS Client and Caching DNS Server Configuration |   April 7, 2019

    Domain Name Server (DNS) is an essential part in a computer network. Today web communication cannot imagine without DNS. DNS is a client server protocol where DNS Client requests for the domain name resolution and DNS Server response on it. MikroTik Router has both DNS Client and DNS Server features. The DNS Client is used to resolve domain name to IP address from a DNS Server. On the other hand, the DNS Server feature provides domain name resolution for the [...]

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    HTTP vs. HTTPS: The Impact Of Using SSL Certificates |   November 29, 2021

    Google and cybersecurity experts continue to make clarion calls to web admins and website owners to switch from HTTP to HTTPS. But is there any difference between the two other than the extra ā€œSā€ at the end of HTTPS? Not everyone understands the differences between HTTP and HTTPS and why the difference is so significant. In this post, we will discuss the differences between HTTP and HTTPS, the reasons why you need to switch from HTTP to HTTPS, and the [...]

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    MikroTik Site to Site GRE Tunnel Configuration with IPsec |   March 26, 2018

    VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a technology that provides a secure tunnel across a public network. A private network user can send and receive data to any remote private network using VPN Tunnel as if his/her network device was directly connected to that private network. MikroTik provides GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) tunnel that is used to create a site to site VPN tunnel. GRE tunneling protocol which can encapsulate a wide variety of protocols creating a virtual point-to-point link was [...]

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    CentOS 8 Networking Configuration Using Cockpit Web Console |   January 11, 2021

    The first task after completing CentOS 8 fresh installation is to configure its networking so that it can be accessed from other network devices. In my previous article, I discussed how to install CentOS 8 Graphical User Interface (GNOME Desktop) with step by step screenshots. If you are a new CentOS 8 user and have not yet installed CentOS 8 on your server machine, feel free to follow that article and install CentOS 8 GNOME Desktop according to the article. [...]

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