Hi Rui,

On 12/08/15 16:49, Rui Santos wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm now hardening our OpenVPN Production Server.
> I've managed to hardened all required aspects, except the HMAC/TLS-AUTH
> option.
>
> AFAICT, activating the HMAC extra security mechanism, will force me to
> reconfigure all clients, with the risk of failure and a lot of downtime.
> The only way a client/remote network can connect is through a specific
> CCD file.
>
> Is there any way I can have this feature, but optional ? Something like
> activating tls-auth on a ccd file only. This way it would be a smooth
> transition. Otherwise I would have to schedule a maintenance window,
> which would be be cumbersome.
>
nope, that is not possible - the tls-auth handshake is done at a very 
early stage and a ccd-file does not come into play yet.
your only option is downtime, or to set up a second instance on a 
different port, and migrate the clients slowly to the second instance.

HTH,

JJK


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