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+OpenVPN -- A Secure tunneling daemon
+
+Copyright (C) 2002-2010 OpenVPN Technologies, Inc. This program is free software;
+you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
+as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+*************************************************************************
+
+For the latest version of OpenVPN, go to:
+
+ http://openvpn.net/
+
+To Build and Install,
+
+ ./configure
+ make
+ make install
+
+or see the file INSTALL for more info.
+
+*************************************************************************
+
+For detailed information on OpenVPN, including examples, see the man page
+ http://openvpn.net/man.html
+
+For a sample VPN configuration, see
+ http://openvpn.net/howto.html
+
+For a description of OpenVPN's underlying protocol,
+ see the file ssl.h included in the source distribution.
+
+*************************************************************************
+
+Other Files & Directories:
+
+* INSTALL-win32.txt -- installation instructions
+ for Windows
+
+* configure.ac -- script to rebuild our configure
+ script and makefile.
+
+* openvpn.spec -- RPM Spec file
+ To build an OpenVPN binary RPM, use the command:
+
+ rpmbuild -tb [tarball]
+
+ When you install the binary RPM, it will automatically
+ install sample-scripts/openvpn.init (see below)
+
+* sample-scripts/openvpn.init
+
+ A sample init script for OpenVPN. See the file for
+ comments and additional information.
+
+* sample-scripts/verify-cn
+
+ A sample perl script which can be used with OpenVPN's
+ --tls-verify option to provide a customized authentication
+ test on embedded X509 certificate fields.
+
+* sample-keys/
+
+ Sample RSA keys and certificates. DON'T USE THESE FILES
+ FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN TESTING BECAUSE THEY ARE TOTALLY INSECURE.
+
+* sample-config-files/
+
+ A collection of OpenVPN config files and scripts from
+ the HOWTO at http://openvpn.net/howto.html
+
+* easy-rsa/
+
+ A simple guide to RSA key management, scripts included.
+ Also see http://openvpn.net/easyrsa.html