Re: [Openvpn-devel] wanted: mechanism to send text messages to client

2020-12-25 Thread Selva Nair
Hi Thanks for the comments. On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 3:03 PM Gert Doering wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 07:31:42PM -0500, Selva Nair wrote: > > Here is the link again. > > https://github.com/selvanair/openvpn-gui/releases/tag/v11-echo-msg > > I got no feedback then nor now. > > I have

Re: [Openvpn-devel] wanted: mechanism to send text messages to client

2020-12-25 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 07:31:42PM -0500, Selva Nair wrote: > Here is the link again. > https://github.com/selvanair/openvpn-gui/releases/tag/v11-echo-msg > I got no feedback then nor now. I have stared at the code a bit, and it seems to make sense. The part "store a digest + timestamp, and

Re: [Openvpn-devel] wanted: mechanism to send text messages to client

2020-12-25 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 07:06:57PM +, Greg Cox wrote: > So IMO, 1-2 are fundamental, 3-5 are > wishlist/consideration/extensions/ideas, use or ignore as you see fit: > * Make the ability for receiving messages on a client as described. > Enabled by default, maybe selectively disable-able b

Re: [Openvpn-devel] wanted: mechanism to send text messages to client

2020-12-25 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 12:08:16PM -0500, Selva Nair wrote: > I find it hard to imagine why everyone seems to be avoiding "echo" and > trying to find alternatives. Well, in the beginning of this thread, having all forgotten about the previous thread (still puzzling me) I only had the nagging

Re: [Openvpn-devel] wanted: mechanism to send text messages to client

2020-12-25 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 12:22:20PM -0500, Selva Nair wrote: > > I'm sure the thread is still sitting in my mailbox... will go looking for > > it today. > > For those who have lost the original threads: > > https://sourceforge.net/p/openvpn/mailman/openvpn-users/thread/CAEsd45T%2Bd6FUJ9Po0KHw

[Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Document common uses of 'echo' directive, re-enable logging for 'echo'.

2020-12-25 Thread Gert Doering
The 'echo' command can be used to signal information to an OpenVPN GUI driving the openvpn core via management interface. Which commands exists and their syntax has so far been mostly undocumented. Condense the long and good discussion between Selva Nair and Jonathan K. Bullard into doc/gui-notes

Re: [Openvpn-devel] wanted: mechanism to send text messages to client

2020-12-25 Thread Selva Nair
Hi, Merry Christmas! On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 6:15 AM Jan Just Keijser wrote: > On 21/12/20 18:22, Selva Nair wrote: > > > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 2:04 AM Gert Doering wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 07:31:42PM -0500, Selva Nair wrote: >> > I thought we already went through this

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Clarify --block-ipv6 intent and direction.

2020-12-25 Thread tincanteksup
On 25/12/2020 16:42, Gert Doering wrote: --block-ipv6 is a fairly special-purpose option, and only blocks packet in the client->server option. This is implied by not ever mentioning the other direction in the existing documentation, but not written down. Make this explicit, avoid confusion.

[Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Clarify --block-ipv6 intent and direction.

2020-12-25 Thread Gert Doering
--block-ipv6 is a fairly special-purpose option, and only blocks packet in the client->server option. This is implied by not ever mentioning the other direction in the existing documentation, but not written down. Make this explicit, avoid confusion. Also, point why this option exist (avoid IPv6