The following guide outlines the steps necessary to install & configure Anonine using OpenVPN on your pfSense firewall:

1. In order to setup pfSense 2.4.4 with OpenVPN please access your pfSense via browser. Then navigate to System -> Cert. Manager -> CAs. And select +Add.

You should see this screen:

2. Add next content to the certificate data:

Descriptive name: anonine_ca.crt

Method: Import from existing Certificate Authority

Certificate data:input content below

Certificate Private Key: leave blank

Serial for next certificate: leave blank

Press Save

3. Then navigate to VPN -> OpenVPN -> Clients and press +Add

Fill in the fields:

Disable this client: leave unchecked.
Server mode: Peer to Peer (SSL/TLS);
Protocol: UDP on IPv4 only (you can also use TCP);
Device mode: tun – Layer 3 Tunnel Mode;
Interface: WAN;
Local port: leave blank;
Server host or address: you can use any server name from here ;
Server port: 1194 ;
Proxy host or address: leave blank;
Proxy port: leave blank;
Proxy Authentication: None;
Description: Any name you like, you can leave it blank too.

USER AUTHENTICATION SETTINGS

Username: Your Anonine username
Password: Your Anonine password in both fields.
Authentication Retry: leave unchecked

CRYPTOGRAPHIC SETTINGS

TLS Configuration: Check
TLS Key:

-----BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1-----
65b0d0369e349bb07a60e2ed24b6bc87
24b009561713bb5c928e1c00edcf4615
06cd4b2011c7bcb26c5ffccad2de55a2
9bb63588253feafb356e2c7d05953269
160884f6cb408641a52a9d07c8829921
d880269b47f0f5c2cfc8a8f635304649
f00faa423c04401a692a5eebb9e9a5a4
05c0ff20977caee36d33bc2273a81377
f82df62cf721a54fa8815286184cf41b
dd683ee52f6ab597291f1a0db9dafcf2
df4b0d72263b44d6fe5525dea3ed5fbb
f961358796438317c60818b309cf0382
ae2a2e4a852bf84d7ee06e6bffa17f65
2eb6319aa447acc601a61174c4cc2402
973fb75a98ce14361bc052493ec127b0
9007cb7caeb9d14a3ef8312748167490
-----END OpenVPN Static key V1-----

TLS Key Usage Mode: TLS Authentication
Peer certificate authority: anonine_ca.crt;
Peer Certificate Revocation list: do not define.
Client certificate: webConfigurator default (59f92214095d8)(Server: Yes, In Use) (please note that the numbers on your machine could be different);
Encryption Algorithm: AES-256-GCM
Enable NCP: Check.
NCP Algorithms: AES-256-GCM and AES-256-CBC.
Auth digest algorithm: SHA384 (384bit)
Hardware Crypto: No hardware crypto acceleration.

TUNNEL SETTINGS

IPv4 tunnel network: leave blank;
IPv6 tunnel network: leave blank;
IPv4 remote network(s): leave blank;
IPv6 remote network(s): leave blank;
Limit outgoing bandwidth: leave blank;
Compression: Omit Preference (Use OpenVPN Default)
Topology: Subnet – One IP address per client in a common subnet
Type-of-service: leave unchecked;
Don’t pull routes: uncheck;
Don’t add/remove routes: leave unchecked.

ADVANCED CONFIGURATION

Custom Options

tls-client;
persist-key;
persist-tun;
remote-cert-tls server;

UDP FAST I/O: leave unchecked.
Send/Receive Buffer: Default
Gateway creation: IPv4 only
Verbosity level: 3 (recommended);

Press Save

4. Navigate to Interfaces -> Interface Assignments and Add anonine_vpn interface.

5. Press on the OPT1 to the left of your assigned interface and fill in the following information:

Enable: check
Description: anonine_vpn
Mac Address: leave blank
MTU: leave blank
MSS: leave blank

Do not change anything else. Just scroll down to the bottom and press “Save”

6. Navigate to Services -> DNS Resolver -> General Settings

Enable: uncheck

Click Save

7. Navigate to Services -> DNS forwarder

Enable: check

Click Save

8. Navigate to Firewall -> NAT -> Outbound and select Manual Outbound NAT rule generation. Press Save. Then four rules will appear. Leave all rules untouched and add a new one.
Select ANONINE_VPN as an Interface.
Source: your LAN subnet.
Click Save. At the end it should look like this:

9. Navigate to Firewall -> Rules -> LAN and delete the IPv6 rule. Also, edit the IPv4 rule.
Press on Show Advanced Options;
Change Gateway to ANONINE_VPN;

Click Save.

At the end it should look like this:

10. Go to System -> General Setup and fill in:

DNS Server 1: 10.10.62.1 ; ANONINE_VPN_VPNV4-opt1
DNS Server 2: 80.67.14.78 ; ANONINE_VPN_VPNV4-opt1

DNS Server 2: 1.1.1.1 ; none

DNS Server Override: uncheck

Disable DNS Forwarder: check

Click Save

11. Now you can navigate to Status -> OpenVPN and it should state that the service is “up”

13. You can also check the connection log file under Status -> System Logs -> OpenVPN:

All of your online activities are now 100% secure and anonymous while connected to Anonine.

If you have any questions, or experience any issues while installing & setting up your pfSense firewall to connect to the Anonine VPN servers; please contact our Support Team anytime.

Anonine: OpenVPN - pfSense Manual Configuration Print

1. In order to setup pfSense 2.4.4 with OpenVPN please access your pfSense via browser. Then navigate to System -> Cert. Manager -> CAs. And select +Add.

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