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Re: VPN over TLS (was: site-to-site VPN with credential prompts?)



On Wed, 2025-03-26 at 10:16 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Reminds me: I have an OpenVPN running on port 443, specifically to
> minimize the chances that it's blocked by a firewall.
> 
> Yet, sometimes it *is* blocked (e.g. at the public wifi in the
> hospital), presumably because it's not actually using TLS.
> [ Funnily enough I can still use SSH from that hospital.  ]

They probably only block ports 80 & 443, and use a “captive portal”
where you have to agree to a ToS, and possibly log in using a
username/password (in some cases after paying for it), to unblock those
for your device.


-- 
Jan Claeys

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