openvpn-server-ios

Tethering the hard way.

It turns out that Apple doesn't allow you to use <net/if_utun.h> unless you pay them a lot of money. Unfortunately you can't use tunemu either.

Apple refuses to allow people to use the VPN framework unless they sign some sort of NDA: http://blog.michael.kuron-germany.de/2010/09/ios-4-1-undocumented-vpn-api-used-by-cisco-anyconnect/

Setup

Install GNU libtool and automake:

$ brew install libtool automake

Generate a static key and place it in /configuration:

$ openvpn --genkey --secret static.key

Build the dependencies:

$ bash build-libssl.sh
$ bash build-openvpn.sh

Clean

To clean the Submodules/openvpn build folder:

$ cd /Submodules/openvpn
$ git clean -f && git clean -f -X

Configuration

Simplest OpenVPN setup: Static Key Mini-HOWTO