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There are multiple setup scripts like [1] that make it super easy to setup OpenVPN.

[1] https://github.com/Nyr/openvpn-install



Makes it super easy but even more opaque, that is not a good thing with incredibly security-related software.


Isn't it common advice to not roll your own crypto? If this software has sensible defaults, I see no problem with using it.


It is, but with this script it's a third party rolling their own crypto for you :D. OpenVPN should have good defaults instead.




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