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2025-02-27 09:27:12 Samuli Seppänen: Add back data that got lost in the AI-based migration
Pages/Easy Windows Guide.md ..
@@ 55,6 55,15 @@
build-ca
```
* When prompted, enter your country, etc. These will have default values, which appear in brackets. For your "Common Name," a good choice is to pick a name to identify your company's Certificate Authority. For example, "OpenVPN-CA":
+ ```
+ Country Name (2 letter code) [US]:
+ State or Province Name (full name) [CA]:
+ Locality Name (eg, city) [SanFrancisco]:
+ Organization Name (eg, company) [OpenVPN]:
+ Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:
+ Common Name (eg, your name or your server's hostname) []:OpenVPN-CA
+ Email Address [mail@host.domain]:
+ ```
2. The server certificate and key:
```
@@ 70,6 79,7 @@
build-key mike-laptop
```
* When prompted, enter the "Common Name" as the name you have chosen (e.g. "mike-laptop")
+ - Repeat this step for each client computer that will connect to the VPN.
4. Generate Diffie Hellman parameters (This is necessary to set up the encryption):
```
@@ 106,6 116,9 @@
key server.key
dh dh2048.pem
```
+
+ 4. Edit them as follows:
+
```
ca "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\ca.crt"
cert "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\server.crt"
@@ 134,6 147,8 @@
cert client.crt
key client.key
```
+ 4. Edit them as follows:
+
```
ca "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\ca.crt"
cert "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\mike-laptop.crt"
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