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Setting up a OpenVPN server

Changed "private IP address" to "bogon IP address" and changed the useless Wikipedia wall of text to actual list of unsuable IP addresses via Team Cymru.

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This article describes how to set up an OpenVPN server with the Alpine Linux.
This article describes how to set up an OpenVPN server with the Alpine Linux.
This is an ideal solution for allowing single users or devices to remotely connect to your network. \\
This is an ideal solution for allowing single users or devices to remotely connect to your network. \\
It is recommended you have a publicly routable static IP address in order for this to work. This means that your IP address cannot be in the private IP address ranges described here: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address#IPv4_private_addresses Wikipedia]
It is recommended you have a publicly routable static IP address in order for this to work. This means that your IP address cannot be a bogon IP address ([https://team-cymru.org/Services/Bogons/fullbogons-ipv4.txt list IPv4], [https://team-cymru.org/Services/Bogons/fullbogons-ipv6.txt list IPv6]).
 
If your Internet-connected machine doesn't have a static IP address, [https://www.noip.com/ No-ip] can be used for resolving DNS names to IP addresses.
If your Internet-connected machine doesn't have a static IP address, [https://www.noip.com/ No-ip] can be used for resolving DNS names to IP addresses.


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