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 ===== VPN Client Access =====
 Follow the instructions corresponding to your workstation's operating system below.
+==== The 'secret' file ====
+The new-client script will generate a secret in a file named 'secret'.  This is your secret VPN password.  Do not share this in any way to anyone.  Do not overwrite it for any reason.  It is precious unrecoverable data, and losing it will lose your access to the VPN.
+==== The 'secret.hash' file: ====
+new-client will also generate a file named 'secret.hash', which corresponds to, but is not the same as, 'secret'.  new-client also prints out this secret.hash.  This is public information, derived from your secret, but not your secret.  This is what you put in the tracker ticket to be added to the OpenVPN server.
+==== The secrets tarball: ====
+new-client will also generate a tarball named 'secrets.YYMMDD_HHMMSS.tar.gz' (where YYMMDD_HHMMSS represents the current date and time) containing both secret and secret.hash files.  Since they go together, this will help track problems in their creation and use.
 **NOTE:** You will need VPN credentials for each machine/workstation you intend to connect to the Sepia VPN.  **Client credentials can not be used on more than one machine at a time!**

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