diff --git a/internal/firewall/iptables/iptables.go b/internal/firewall/iptables/iptables.go
index d97b306b..68ed71e0 100644
--- a/internal/firewall/iptables/iptables.go
+++ b/internal/firewall/iptables/iptables.go
@@ -151,9 +151,6 @@ func (c *Config) AcceptOutputTrafficToVPN(ctx context.Context,
 	defaultInterface string, connection models.Connection, remove bool,
 ) error {
 	protocol := connection.Protocol
-	if protocol == "tcp-client" {
-		protocol = "tcp"
-	}
 	instruction := fmt.Sprintf("%s OUTPUT -d %s -o %s -p %s -m %s --dport %d -j ACCEPT",
 		appendOrDelete(remove), connection.IP, defaultInterface, protocol,
 		protocol, connection.Port)
diff --git a/internal/openvpn/extract/extract.go b/internal/openvpn/extract/extract.go
index 64ad6181..eaa90888 100644
--- a/internal/openvpn/extract/extract.go
+++ b/internal/openvpn/extract/extract.go
@@ -81,10 +81,7 @@ func extractDataFromLine(line string) (
 	return ip, 0, "", nil
 }
 
-var (
-	errProtoLineFieldsCount = errors.New("proto line has not 2 fields as expected")
-	errProtocolNotSupported = errors.New("network protocol not supported")
-)
+var errProtoLineFieldsCount = errors.New("proto line has not 2 fields as expected")
 
 func extractProto(line string) (protocol string, err error) {
 	fields := strings.Fields(line)
@@ -92,13 +89,25 @@ func extractProto(line string) (protocol string, err error) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errProtoLineFieldsCount, line)
 	}
 
-	switch fields[1] {
-	case "tcp", "tcp4", "tcp6", "tcp-client", "udp", "udp4", "udp6":
-	default:
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errProtocolNotSupported, fields[1])
-	}
+	return parseProto(fields[1])
+}
 
-	return fields[1], nil
+var errProtocolNotSupported = errors.New("network protocol not supported")
+
+func parseProto(field string) (protocol string, err error) {
+	switch field {
+	case "tcp", "tcp4", "tcp6", "tcp-client":
+		// tcp4, tcp6 can be assimilated as tcp since the IP version is
+		// determined by the remote IP address version.
+		// tcp-client is a synonym of tcp for OpenVPN 2.5+ acting in client mode.
+		return constants.TCP, nil
+	case "udp", "udp4", "udp6":
+		// udp4, udp6 can be assimilated as udp since the IP version is
+		// determined by the remote IP address version.
+		return constants.UDP, nil
+	default:
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errProtocolNotSupported, field)
+	}
 }
 
 var (
@@ -136,11 +145,9 @@ func extractRemote(line string) (ip netip.Addr, port uint16,
 	}
 
 	if n > 3 { //nolint:mnd
-		switch fields[3] {
-		case "tcp", "udp":
-			protocol = fields[3]
-		default:
-			return netip.Addr{}, 0, "", fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", errProtocolNotSupported, fields[3])
+		protocol, err = parseProto(fields[3])
+		if err != nil {
+			return netip.Addr{}, 0, "", fmt.Errorf("parsing protocol from remote line: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/openvpn/extract/extract_test.go b/internal/openvpn/extract/extract_test.go
index ee21588e..77e122ec 100644
--- a/internal/openvpn/extract/extract_test.go
+++ b/internal/openvpn/extract/extract_test.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func Test_extractDataFromLine(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		"tcp-client": {
 			line:     "proto tcp-client",
-			protocol: "tcp-client",
+			protocol: constants.TCP,
 		},
 		"extract remote error": {
 			line:  "remote bad",
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func Test_extractRemote(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		"invalid protocol": {
 			line: "remote 1.2.3.4 8000 bad",
-			err:  errors.New("network protocol not supported: bad"),
+			err:  errors.New("parsing protocol from remote line: network protocol not supported: bad"),
 		},
 		"IP host and port and protocol": {
 			line:     "remote 1.2.3.4 8000 udp",