1.\" Copyright (c) 2022 Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate") 2.\" 3.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 4.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 5.\" are met: 6.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 7.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 8.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 10.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 11.\" 12.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 13.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 14.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 15.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 16.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 17.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 18.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 19.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 20.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 21.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 22.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 23.\" 24.Dd April 22, 2022 25.Dt OVPN 4 26.Os 27.Sh NAME 28.Nm ovpn 29.Nd OpenVPN DCO driver 30.Sh SYNOPSIS 31To compile this driver into the kernel, 32place the following lines in your 33kernel configuration file: 34.Bd -ragged -offset indent 35.Cd "device ovpn" 36.Ed 37.Pp 38Alternatively, to load the driver as a 39module at boot time, place the following line in 40.Xr loader.conf 5 : 41.Bd -literal -offset indent 42if_ovpn_load="YES" 43.Ed 44.Sh DESCRIPTION 45The 46.Nm 47device driver provides support for OpenVPN DCO. 48DCO, or Data Channel Offload, moves the OpenVPN data path into the kernel. 49This can improve performance. 50.Pp 51The 52.Nm 53interface is created automatically by the OpenVPN daemon. 54It requires no configuration other than that done by OpenVPN. 55