Hi On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 4:28 PM, Jonathan K. Bullard <jkbull...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 2. In Dynamic CR, what is the purpose of _not_ requiring a response? >>> Is it to display a message without a text input box and have the user >>> only able to click "OK" or "Cancel" (and disconnect if the user clicks >>> "Cancel")? Or should I display a text input box but allow the user to >>> leave it empty (and send an empty "response" to the server?) >> >> I do not know. >> >> I suspect this feature is not used by any server-side implementations >> in use. IIRC, the console prompting just ignores this flag and prompts >> for a response in all cases. >> >> In OpenVPN-GUI I decided to handle this slightly differently: we ignore the >> dynamic CR request if no response is required. So, any subsequent auth >> request will get treated like a normal username/pasword prompt which, >> I think, is the intended behaviour. However, instead of silently ignoring it, >> popping up a notification that displays the "challenge text" could be >> considered. > > I'm going to have Tunnelblick display the message. It could be used to > make an announcement (for example, "The VPN will be down for > maintenance…") that doesn't really need to be acknowledged before > allowing the connection to proceed. That "messsage" comes with AUTH_FAILED so the server will prompt for username/password again. So its not like a usual "announcement". Anyway, showing it to the user sounds good. Selva ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users
