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Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 01:24:36 +0200
From: Arne Schwabe <arne@...1227...>
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Subject: Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Openvpn for Android 4.0 Changeset
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To: Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev@...277...>
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> I need a better description of the tun process... so far I did not
> understand why you cannot use standard approach of creating persistent
> tun with non root access and then use the iproute2 wrapper with suid
> or sudo to setup its configuration.
>
> Alon.

I have no root access on the telephone. But Android 4.0 provides an API
for VPNs
(http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/VpnService.html).
Looking at my method at the method that opens the tun device to passed
over managment socket might also give an idea how it is done in Android:
http://code.google.com/p/ics-openvpn/source/browse/src/de/blinkt/openvpn/OpenVpnService.java#220

Arne