OpenVPN Access Server (5 Connected Devices) / Self-Hosted VPN
OpenVPN Inc. | 2.13.1Linux/Unix, Ubuntu Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Excellent product
What do you like best about the product?
Reasonable price and easy to deploy. I like that it integrates with LDAP so easy to roll out to users. Admin screen is easy to use and logical.
What do you dislike about the product?
Needs mixed mode authentication, I have both AD and non-AD users. Also would like for server updates to be much easier.
The product needs a way to deploy updates to the clients.
The product needs a way to deploy updates to the clients.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Allow remote users access to critical systems. Easy to deploy and maintain
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Very straightforward product and easy to implement.
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Great Software
What do you like best about the product?
The software is very smooth, quick, and reliable. Easy to setup too.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing really to dislike. It's cheap, easy to use , and powerful
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Secure connections country wide to a secure data center back at the office
OpenVPN makes it easy to deploy
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate how easy it is to install OpenVPN on a new machine
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes it's difficult to understand the error messages, you have to dig through log files
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have saved time and improved security by consistently going with OpenVPN rather than other solutions which require us to continually tweak and alter the configuration
Good Appliance
What do you like best about the product?
open vpn is easy to install and configure. we use it with about 20 users.
What do you dislike about the product?
An automated server update would be desirable.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We were able to quickly and easily establish a connection to the network to the company.
Meets most peoples needs
What do you like best about the product?
The features are mostly all there and quick to setup and maintain. I like controls I can use within the system and the flexibility. The price is the main selling point.
What do you dislike about the product?
The Setup for this is going to be hard for main sys admins out there. The level of networking knowledge required to get it working correctly might be hard for many.
The two factor authentication implementation is poor. This should be much more configurable, and self servicing for users.
LDAP/Active Directory authentication could be better. I would like to see a profile for each user that signs on so 2FA can get reset or custom settings can be applied. follow the Sonicwall SRA/SMA model here would be preferred for more power and flexibility.
The two factor authentication implementation is poor. This should be much more configurable, and self servicing for users.
LDAP/Active Directory authentication could be better. I would like to see a profile for each user that signs on so 2FA can get reset or custom settings can be applied. follow the Sonicwall SRA/SMA model here would be preferred for more power and flexibility.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Just VPN connectivity for internal users. I will occasionally configure a VPN for a consultant/customer that only allows them access to certain systems.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
You should have basic linux and networking knowledge before working with this in production. Play with it all you want otherwise.
Unique product that add value to our customer proposal!
What do you like best about the product?
Flexibility, scalability, redundancy capability and LDAP integration.
What do you dislike about the product?
Windows client is sometime buggy, better than before but still need some improvement for first time users (inexperienced users may require assistance from helpdesk initially).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use this for all our managed services solutions, allowing our customers to access their infrastructure securely, with any device and using their central authentication system (AD).
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Just make the switch, you'll be convinced soon enough!
OpenVPN has been great
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use and minimal errors when connecting.
What do you dislike about the product?
Difficult to set up for use in a non-business environment
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our IT department uses OpenVPN for remote access on physical machines to allow Administrator privileges.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
This is a great tool for VPN usage of a mid-size company
Secure, easy and scalable
What do you like best about the product?
OpenVPN offers users a very simple and secure VPN option that is both economical and quick to install. Users are able to easily install it on their client devices.
What do you dislike about the product?
The update process is very poor. It is very hard to determine the name of the version to use with 'wget' when updates are available. There is no single place to look. Adding users to security groups in AD does not easily translate to VPN access rights.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We typically find customers who have open RDP ports to their network and we can quickly secure that by using OpenVPN.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Before using OpenVPN be sure you understand limitations around group membership and extra requirements that are not as easily implemented.
Good security
What do you like best about the product?
I like that OpenVPN is one of the more secure VPN solutions out there, and that it has good client support.
What do you dislike about the product?
Because the client is not built in to the operating system on Mac and Windows, there can be integration issues. The big one for me is when OpenVPN does not override user DNS settings and they're unable to resolve hosts on the remote network.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use it to gain access to our network in a public cloud provider.
Reliable.
What do you like best about the product?
Based on solid, widely used open source technology, so we can extend as needed.
But has additional GUI management that makes life easier.
Multi platform client support.
Ships as easy to maintain Ubuntu VMware image.
But has additional GUI management that makes life easier.
Multi platform client support.
Ships as easy to maintain Ubuntu VMware image.
What do you dislike about the product?
Logging could be better, can be difficult to figure out why someone didn't connect
MS-windows client occasionally glitches and needs re-installation (but this could be because Microsoft is a rubbish OS).
MS-windows client occasionally glitches and needs re-installation (but this could be because Microsoft is a rubbish OS).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
VPN services for our roaming staff
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Not flashy but does everything our organisation requires. Extremely reliable, all issues related to the bad quaility software the majority of our clients are forced to use (i.e. microsoft OS).
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