Hi,
On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 04:31:44PM +0200, David Sommerseth wrote:
> > Open Points:
> >
> > - Gert strongly thinks that some people might want to continue having
> > full compression despite the risks. I think it is reasonable to expect
> > them to add 'compress-direction full' and push "compr
On 24/08/18 13:11, Arne Schwabe wrote:
> Hey,
[...snip...]
> - Introduce compress-direction asym|full This will control if we
> actively try to compress or just allow receiving of compressed packets
I'm not sold on this one at all.
> - change the default mode to be asymmetrical.
Agreed. Local s
On 24/08/18 12:11, Arne Schwabe wrote:
Hey,
with this mail I would like to discuss the way forward for compression.
Our default configuration has not compression enabled. So our default
configuration is safe from Voracle.
I would like to have some feedback what the rest of you t
Hi,
On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 01:11:44PM +0200, Arne Schwabe wrote:
> On top of that, a lot of the traffic that the VPN carry today is either
> already compressed or encrypted and cannot be compressed any more. So
> benefits are diminishing.
This part is true for the "I use a VPN to safely surf the
Hey,
with this mail I would like to discuss the way forward for compression.
When compression was added to OpenVPN, a lot of Internet traffic was
still unencrypted and encryption+compression was thought to be good
thing. With recent attack like CRIME, BEAST and VORACLE, the general
consensus in t
