Re: [Openvpn-devel] 2.1 rc20 and multiple interfaces problem

2009-12-12 Thread Davide Brini
On Saturday 12 December 2009, James Yonan wrote: > Using nobind on the client for UDP client connections generates a socket > with a dynamic source port number. This is key because it means that > when the client reconnects, it does so with a new source port number, > and this allows OpenVPN to d

Re: [Openvpn-devel] OpenVPN project organization [WAS: Introducing OpenVPN Community Manager]

2009-12-12 Thread David Sommerseth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/12/09 00:16, James Yonan wrote: >> >> However, it _could_ be a requirement that all patches be submitted >> with documentation. If not, I can't see how you'd want to >> include any functional changes without also having documentation >> so some

Re: [Openvpn-devel] OpenVPN project organization

2009-12-12 Thread David Sommerseth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/12/09 12:37, Samuli Seppänen wrote: > Now, if we want to maintain stability, we need some way to test the > patches. Automated tests could be used in many cases but building the > test cases takes time. In addition I don't think automated tests c

Re: [Openvpn-devel] 2.1 rc20 and multiple interfaces problem

2009-12-12 Thread James Yonan
Davide Brini wrote: On Friday 11 December 2009, James Yonan wrote: Try adding the "nobind" directive to your client config file. I think this will solve the problem. That seems indeed to do it. Thank you very much! However, never in my life could I have imagined that this was due to a setti

Re: [Openvpn-devel] OpenVPN project organization [WAS: Introducing OpenVPN Community Manager]

2009-12-12 Thread David Sommerseth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/12/09 11:52, Samuli Seppänen wrote: >> FWIW using a good (rather than merely adequate) revision control >> system makes it much easier to keep the very latest code >> on-line and still perform regression tests, keep separate >> code branches for

Re: [Openvpn-devel] OpenVPN project organization

2009-12-12 Thread Samuli Seppänen
Stefan Monnier ha scritto: >> One the one hand people expect OpenVPN to be rock-solid in both >> stability and security. In order to maintain this standard of quality, >> there needs to be a rigorous process of patch vetting. On the other >> hand, as an open source project, OpenVPN needs to be

Re: [Openvpn-devel] 2.1 rc20 and multiple interfaces problem

2009-12-12 Thread Davide Brini
On Friday 11 December 2009, James Yonan wrote: > Try adding the "nobind" directive to your client config file. I think > this will solve the problem. That seems indeed to do it. Thank you very much! However, never in my life could I have imagined that this was due to a setting *on the client*.

Re: [Openvpn-devel] OpenVPN project organization [WAS: Introducing OpenVPN Community Manager]

2009-12-12 Thread Samuli Seppänen
> Via public discussion. Who wants to submit a patch when it > just disappears without comment. Public discussion has been > sorely lacking in the past. > I can't comment on how patches have been handled in the past, but not discussing and including them is a sure way to demotivate people. >>

Re: [Openvpn-devel] OpenVPN project organization

2009-12-12 Thread Stefan Monnier
> One the one hand people expect OpenVPN to be rock-solid in both > stability and security. In order to maintain this standard of quality, > there needs to be a rigorous process of patch vetting. On the other > hand, as an open source project, OpenVPN needs to be transparent and > open to con

[Openvpn-devel] OpenVPN 2.1.1 released

2009-12-12 Thread James Yonan
2009.12.11 -- Version 2.1.1 * Fixed some breakage in openvpn.spec (which is required to build an RPM distribution) where it was referencing a non-existent subdirectory in the tarball, causing it to fail (patch from David Sommerseth). James