openvpn rpm for FC6 added
I compiled an OpenVPN RPM package for FC6, from the current release 2.0.9 dated 2006.10.06. Fedora Core Linux’s extras Repository does have OpenVPN package. However, it is more of a cutting-edge 2.1.0.17.rc2. Appended below is information from ‘yum info openvpn’ on a up-to-date FC6 box.
Name : openvpn
Arch : i386
Version: 2.1
Release: 0.17.rc2.fc6
Size : 355 k
Repo : extras
Summary: A full-featured SSL VPN solution
Description:
OpenVPN is a robust and highly flexible tunneling application that uses all
of the encryption, authentication, and certification features of the
OpenSSL library to securely tunnel IP networks over a single UDP or TCP
port. It can use the Marcus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer’s LZO library
for compression.
If you feel more comfortable with the stable release, you can download the RPM openvpn-2.0.9-1.FC6.i386.rpm with its MD5 checksum listed here. The RPM is digitally signed by our new GnuPG public key.
Thanks to Dag Wieers for the RPM spec file, with which I compiled the RPM from source without any problem. The OpenVPN 2.0.9 source tarball was verified by me for its authenticity using the digital signature provided on OpenVPN’s site.
