Hi,
Has anyone had any luck with the auto-proxy function, in particular with PAC files? It really doesn't seem to be working for me ... :-(. Also, does anyone have a proxy server that requires authentication? I currently use a text file (which does work!), but there are also Windows functions that should send domain login information automatically. It would be nice to to that ... :-). Thoughts? Thanks! ... Russell On Tue, 07/26/2011 06:03 PM, Russell Morris <open...@rkmorris.us> wrote: > Hi, I admit, I didn't know about that option - guess I missed that ... :-(. When you mentioned it though, I was very happy to see it - so I decided to give it a try. It doesn't seem to work for me though (perhaps because of proxy PAC files?). Is there a way to see what proxy OpenVPN detected (to try to debug this)? Thanks, ... Russell > > On Mon, 07/25/2011 10:55 PM, Jason Haar <jason.h...@trimble.co.nz> wrote: > > On 26/07/11 14:57, Russell Morris wrote: > > * * * I use OpenVPN with a Windows client, and I tend to be on one network one minute, another the next. One time with a proxy, the next time without … so I really want OpenVPN to automatically detect the proxy (if there is one), and apply it … for every connection restart, client open, etc. My thinking is to add a new option, say something like “auto-proxy” (so this won’t break anything that is already working!). The idea being that if this option is enabled, then on every connection / reconnection attempt OpenVPN will first check the proxy, and then apply it for the actual connection back to the server. Hopefully this makes sense so far … J. ...isn't that already done by "--auto-proxy"? Been part of openvpn since 2.1(ish?) BTW: I totally agree this is a big deal. For openvpn to be truly brilliant, it needs 1. one config to handle both udp and tcp-based "<connection>" profiles [sorta supported] 2. "fragment", "mss-fix" and proxy support within profiles [not currently supported - which effectively makes "1." never work in practice] 3. dynamically figure out if a proxy is available and use that for TCP-based profiles [I thought that was supported by "--auto-proxy"] With such features and a properly ordered config, you'd have a VPN client that would tunnel out over UDP if it can, TCP if it can't, and TCP-via-proxy if it has to. Basically, you'd be guaranteed a working VPN session on any network that you're meant to be able to do such things on (with one config). -- Cheers Jason Haar Information Security Manager, Trimble Navigation Ltd. Phone: +64 3 9635 377 Fax: +64 3 9635 417 PGP Fingerprint: 7A2E 0407 C9A6 CAF6 2B9F 8422 C063 5EBB FE1D 66D1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention Research study explores the data loss prevention market. Includes in-depth analysis on the changes within the DLP market, and the criteria used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these DLP solutions. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51385063/ _______________________________________________ Openvpn-devel mailing list Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey _______________________________________________ Openvpn-devel mailing list Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
