[asterisk-users] OpenVPN + SIP configuration?

[Mark Deneen]

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Gilles <codecomplete at free.fr> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:02:48 -0500, Mark Deneen <mdeneen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Using the shared secret will only allow a single point to point
>>connection.  That is, you have to use certificates if you want more
>>than one client.
>
> Thanks for the tip. I was under the impression that the shared key is
> just the equivalent of the hashed password in /etc/shadow. Also, when
> running "openvpn --genkey --secret static.key", I wasn't prompted for
> the hostname or IP address of the client, so I don't understand why
> using a shared key would limit connections only from a specific
> client.
>
> Or do you mean that once a client is connected, no other client can
> connect using the shared key?
>
> Thank you.