Hi adrelanos:
I’m trying to get your lovely VPN Firewall script setup and working on Whonix-Workstation.
So out on the internet, intending to first route through Tor, then OpenVPN, then clearnet.
I have successfully got my OpenVPN connection working in Whonix-Workstation without VPN Firewall.
So I know my plain OpenVPN config is working in Whonix-Workstation.
But the OpenVPN traffic gets blocked when I enable the VPN Firewall.
My test setup is with VPNBook’s free German TCP-based OpenVPN config here:
http://www.vpnbook.com/free-openvpn-account/VPNBook.com-OpenVPN-DE1.zip
For OpenVPN command using: sudo /usr/sbin/openvpn --config ~/*.ovpn
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On a freshly installed and working Whonix-Workstation, I follow the VPN Firewall README instructions from here:
sudo cp ./usr/bin/vpnfirewall /usr/bin/
sudo nano /usr/bin/vpnfirewall
The VPNBook German VPN IP in the OpenVPN config is: “remote 178.162.193.233 443”
So I change the vpnfirewall config to:
VPN_SERVERS=“178.162.193.233”
sudo /usr/bin/vpnfirewall
OK: Loading VPN firewall…
OK: The firewall should not show any messages,
OK: besides output beginning with prefix OK:…
OK: VPN firewall loaded.
Everything looks ok, so I run my OpenVPN command:
sudo /usr/sbin/openvpn --config ~/*.ovpn
That loads normally and seems to connect successfully too “Initialization Sequence Completed”.
I just can’t send any internet traffic through the VPN at this point like I could without the VPN Firewall loaded.
With VPN Firewall = No VPN internet connection.
Without VPN Firewall = Yes VPN internet connection.
How would I correct this problem and use VPN Firewall with my OpenVPN on Whonix-Workstation?