Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding?

From	"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux
Subject	Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding?
Date	2015-10-01 08:04 +0200
Message-ID	<d740nnFdi6jU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	<mu6ogk$6or$1@speranza.aioe.org>

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On 09/26/2015 08:35 PM, Ablang wrote:
> I just want to load the VPN configuration files that are freely
> available at vpngate.net so that I can use VPN with Android.
> 
> All I need is an "openssl" client for Android, and it should
> work as simply as typing the following command in Android.
>  openssl --config vpngatefile.ovpn
> 
> Searching for an OpenSSL client on Android, I don't see any.
> I see "Bluebox OpenSSL Security Scanner", "OpenSSL Checker", 
> etc., but not the basic linux OpenSSL program.
> 
> But Andoroid is linux, right?
> 
> Does a freeware openssl linux program exist for Android?

Yes, there are openssl for android and those are usually used in many
applications you use which has secure communication, but that ain't what
you need.

You need an openvpn client and load the configuration with it:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.blinkt.openvpn&hl=en

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Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Ablang <ablang@usa.com> - 2015-09-26 18:35 +0000
  Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2015-09-26 12:07 -0700
  Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2015-09-26 12:16 -0700
    Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Ablang <ablang@usa.com> - 2015-09-26 20:41 +0000
      Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2015-09-26 14:25 -0700
        Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Ablang <ablang@usa.com> - 2015-09-26 22:26 +0000
      Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2015-09-28 22:54 +0300
        Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Ablang <ablang@usa.com> - 2015-09-28 22:49 +0000
  Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Mitch Kaufmann <mitch284@outlook.com> - 2015-09-26 18:37 -0400
    Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? I R A Darth Aggie <n0b0dy@invalid.invalid> - 2015-09-27 01:37 +0000
      Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Ablang <ablang@usa.com> - 2015-09-28 22:52 +0000
        Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? I R A Darth Aggie <n0b0dy@invalid.invalid> - 2015-09-29 13:19 +0000
  Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2015-09-27 05:45 +0000
    Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Ablang <ablang@usa.com> - 2015-09-28 22:51 +0000
    Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Ablang <ablang@usa.com> - 2015-09-28 22:57 +0000
      Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2015-09-29 08:49 +0000
        Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Ablang <ablang@usa.com> - 2015-09-29 23:18 +0000
  Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201509.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2015-09-27 22:23 +0200
    Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Ablang <ablang@usa.com> - 2015-09-28 23:02 +0000
  Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Ablang <ablang@usa.com> - 2015-09-29 23:41 +0000
    Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? I R A Darth Aggie <n0b0dy@invalid.invalid> - 2015-09-30 15:52 +0000
      Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Ablang <ablang@usa.com> - 2015-09-30 22:26 +0000
        Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? I R A Darth Aggie <n0b0dy@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-01 13:20 +0000
    Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2015-09-30 21:15 +0200
    Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2015-10-01 08:56 +0300
    Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2015-10-02 20:45 +0000
      Netfix usage controls (was: Want to use VPN on Android Linux..) Jack Ryan <noreply@remailer.cpunk.us> - 2015-10-03 04:44 -0400
  Re: Want to use VPN on Android Linux - where is openSSL hiding? "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2015-10-01 08:04 +0200

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