Mikrotik OpenVPN with OSX, iOS and Vodafone Station Revolution

 Mac, security  11 Responses »
Sep 292016
 

*** UPDATED ON 26 NOV 2019 ***

As time goes by and as social sites becomes more and more pervasive in our life, I’ve decided to make fewer posts on my own blogs but keeping them relevant (at least to me).

This new one is about my recent home network improvement:

  • Vodafone Fiber Link (with Vodafone Station Revolution)
  • Firewall replacement from my old glorious Stonesoft hardware+PFSense with a brand new shining Mikrotik RouterBoard RB2011UiAS

I needed to build VPN access from outer space to my own network, mainly using my two preferred tools: iOS device and OS X on my Mac.

It took me a while to find the right combination of configurations, given the constraints of what I was aiming to. Which was this (naturally IP info has been sanitized 😎 ):

what I was after

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Open Security Architecture – Note to Self

 security  No Responses »
Aug 272010
 

osa_logo_180x66This very well done and useful site has been done, among others, by a great ex-coworker I respect very much.

As a note-to-self, I’m placing it in my collection of useful tech tips since their library and documentation is more than useful.

And yes, I’m committing to participate there as well, although I don’t know when I’ll be able to send my first contribution.

But committmen is a start, right? 😉