How to Install Iodine on FreeBSD Latest

Iodine is a tool used for tunneling IPv4 data through a DNS server. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install iodine on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Installation Steps

  1. Start by updating the FreeBSD package repository:

    pkg update
    
  2. Install iodine using the following command:

    pkg install iodine
    
  3. Once the installation is complete, you can verify the version of iodine installed using the following command:

    iodine -v
    
  4. Now, we need to create a new configuration file for iodine. Navigate to the /usr/local/etc directory and create a new file called iodine.conf:

    cd /usr/local/etc
    touch iodine.conf
    
  5. Open the iodine.conf file using your favorite editor and add the following lines:

    # DNS server IP address
    dns=8.8.8.8
    
    # Iodine tunnel IP and subnet
    tundev="tun0"
    subnet="192.168.10.0/24"
    

    Replace the DNS server IP address with the IP address of your DNS server. Also, make sure to use an unused subnet for iodine.

  6. Now, start the iodine server using the following command:

    iodined -c -f /usr/local/etc/iodine.conf
    

    This command will start the iodine server in the background, using the configuration file we just created.

  7. Once the server is running, you can connect to the iodine tunnel from a client machine using the following command:

    iodine -f -P PASSWORD <SERVER-IP> mytunnel.com
    

    Replace PASSWORD with the password you want to use, SERVER-IP with the IP address of your server, and mytunnel.com with the domain name used in the iodine.conf file.

  8. You should now be able to access the internet through the iodine tunnel.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured iodine on FreeBSD Latest!

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