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Specify your customized information and click on the button to continue.
Click on the button to set up the OpenVPN server.
 Port: OpenVPN service port, the default port is 1194. You will need to forward this port on your router for the
clients being able to connect to the server.
 Protocol: You can choose either UDP or TCP. But the port forwarding (1194) on your router should be using
the same protocol.
 Device Node: TUN or TAP; A TAP device is a virtual Ethernet adapter, while a TUN device is a virtual
point-to-point IP link.
 Cipher: Cipher (or cypher) is an algorithm for performing encryption or decryption.
 Compress LZO: LZO is an efficient data compression library which is suitable for data de-compression in
real-time.
 TLS-Server: TLS is an excellent choice for authentication and key exchange mechanism of OpenVPN.
 Remote Network: The OpenVPN client network, VPN server uses the first available IP of the client network.