Open VPN Lab

Reflections

• Describe in language someone from a non-technical program at Champlain College could understand, the reason and method used to create a VPN (2 points).

The reason you would create and utilize a vpn would be to secure and encrypt the communication between you and whatever web server or private network you are connecting to. This means your data is secure in transit and can allow you to connect to private networks from remote locations.

The reason you would create a VPN is to securely connect from and end point to a network. For example a remote worker may use a vpn to securely connect to the work network. Another reason

• You were asked to note the subnet mask and default gateway for your VPN. What was the subnet mask and can you explain why it makes sense? If not, that’s okay. Why isn’t there a default gateway for this connection? (2 points)

Having a subnet mask of 255.255.255.252 makes sense because it is the lowest number of hosts a subnet can have. This is because only two devices need to be connected over the vpn and there are two usable hosts with that subnet mask. The reason there is no default gateway listed is because the connection does not use the network default gateway associated with the LAN it is a part of.

• Compare the results between the capture of the LAN adapter (192.168.X.Y) and the tunnel adapter (10.0.A.B) and explain what is happening. (2 points)

The difference between the LAN adapter and the tunnel adapter is that with the LAN adapter you could see the IP header information about the connection and the device. When you view the packets from the tunnel adapter that information is encrypted and hidden.