Re: [Openvpn-devel] [Openvpn-users] Potentially Obscure Bug

2006-12-21 Thread Leonard Isham
each a device via IP doesn't mean that the Windows configuration is correct. -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.

Re: [Openvpn-devel] float is broken when source port changes

2006-03-07 Thread Leonard Isham
to determine a UDP connection has been closed/discarded by the client. TCP on the other hand is connection oriented and the server will realize the connection is dropped. HTH -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Re: Bug report (long) - OpenVPN dropping small frames

2005-10-20 Thread Leonard Isham
On 10/20/05, Mike Ireton wrote: > Leonard Isham wrote: > > > > > Merge the encrypted and unencrypted traffic for each side. Look for > > missing unencrypted packets and then compare encrypted packets that > > follow and look for a correlation of one or more missing

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Re: Bug report (long) - OpenVPN dropping small frames

2005-10-20 Thread Leonard Isham
On 10/20/05, Mike Ireton wrote: > Leonard Isham wrote: > > > >> > >>The problem with this test is that there are many hundreds of OpenVPN > >>packets per second flying between machine a and machine b - coupla > >>megabits per second in fact

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Re: Bug report (long) - OpenVPN dropping small frames

2005-10-20 Thread Leonard Isham
;m > already > doing it. In fact I have mss clamped down to 1312 right now for testing. > But, mss clamping doesn't have anything to do with the loss of the > lcp-echo frames I was complaining about. > You _have_ to do a packet capture to determine where the packets are getting lost. While I'm not a developer I have quite a bit of experience with networking and VPNs (OPenVPN and others) and your issues look like a bottleneck or packet size issue to me, and others. If I may be so bold. James has requested that packet caputres be performed to confirm where the loss is and IMHO this is what you need to do to prove your point. -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Problem with username-as-common-name when using concurrent sessions

2005-10-19 Thread Leonard Isham
nfigured with certificates it uses the certificates as the determination of this. There is the option to allow duplicate certificates, but that would seem incompatible with your current design. You should re-examine your requirements and determine what your priorities are. I would _not_ use duplicate certificates personally. -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Patch: TAP usage made non ARP dependent

2005-10-07 Thread Leonard Isham
gt; All these 3 clients couldn't see each other but they could see the > remaining 397 clients. The 397 couldn't see the 3 clients. > > I think that's it, any idea? What is common amonng the three that is different from the rest? Maybe subnetting issue? Does client-to-client work across subnets? -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.

Re: [Openvpn-devel] 400 vpn clients 20% of them loosing the route frequently

2005-09-30 Thread Leonard Isham
On 9/30/05, Marcelo Toledo wrote: > Em Ter, 2005-09-27 às 21:58 -0400, Leonard Isham escreveu: > > On 9/27/05, Marcelo Toledo wrote: > > > I have one OpenVPN server version 2.0.2 using TCP port 1194 with TLS > > > with about 400 clients connected to it. From time to ti

Re: [Openvpn-devel] 400 vpn clients 20% of them loosing the route frequently

2005-09-27 Thread Leonard Isham
or bottlenecks, may require upgrade(s). Removing one bottleneck may reveal the next bottleneck... -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.

Re: [Openvpn-devel] New subnet topology feature ready for testing

2005-09-08 Thread Leonard Isham
On 9/8/05, James Yonan wrote: > On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Leonard Isham wrote: > > > On 9/8/05, James Yonan wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Leonard Isham wrote: > > > > > > > On 9/8/05, James Yonan wrote: > > > > > [snip

Re: [Openvpn-devel] New subnet topology feature ready for testing

2005-09-08 Thread Leonard Isham
On 9/8/05, James Yonan wrote: > > On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Leonard Isham wrote: > > > On 9/8/05, James Yonan wrote: > > > > > > OpenVPN Addressing Topology > > > --- > > > > > > > > Merging Schedule > >

Re: [Openvpn-devel] New subnet topology feature ready for testing

2005-09-08 Thread Leonard Isham
ne and roadmap.) When will 2.1 development start/become publically available? This is a feature that I would love to impliment, but the more the current implimentation grows the harder it gets to change. -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.

[Openvpn-devel] Re: [Openvpn-users] OpenVPN 2.0.1 released -- note security fixes

2005-08-16 Thread Leonard Isham
Version 2.0.1 > What is the recommended order of upgrade? Server then clients or is this, what gets upgraded frst, a non-issue? -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Lightweigh openvpn client for windows/linux?

2005-04-06 Thread Leonard Isham
was designed todo just this in the first place? > IMHO UDP support. Of course if OpenSSL supported UDP -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.

Re: [Openvpn-devel] OpenVPN on a palmtop

2005-03-02 Thread Leonard Isham
them and keeping them up (and I haven't even looked into cross compilation). Is there someone keeping up with the RCs for 2.0 or anyone planning to do a Zaurus package once it goes "gold?" -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Re: Openvpn 2.0 TAP installation on WindowsXP

2005-02-09 Thread Leonard Isham
On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 18:42:38 -0600, Charles Duffy wrote: > On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:26:14 -0500, Leonard Isham wrote: > > > You need to allow duplicate certificates. > > ...or to create unique client certificates. There's a lot to be said for > knowing who the connecte

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Openvpn 2.0 TAP installation on WindowsXP

2005-02-09 Thread Leonard Isham
lient instance upon connection of a new client having the same common name. -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Re: Openvpn future: probably certificate problems...

2005-01-15 Thread Leonard Isham
lve (1b) -- or at least study its difficulty in relation to (1a) and > (2a). > What about a dual account/ID user situation? Where one user is a normal user with all the restrictions and the other has administrator rights. The first is used to login the second, administrator equivalent is for storing the certificate and running the service. -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Openvpn future: probably certificate problems...

2005-01-14 Thread Leonard Isham
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:28:30 +0100, Didier Conchaudron wrote: > Leonard Isham wrote: > > [snip] > > >>Btw, MSDN cryptoapi docs don't talk about a way to get userspace certs > >>from a SYSTEM rights. I think a way to solve this issue would be to make &

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Openvpn future: probably certificate problems...

2005-01-14 Thread Leonard Isham
implementation. Could possible be rectified my having the service use the user login instead of system. 3) At this stage I think changes of this magnitude, as you suggest, would most likely be post 2.0. James an the other brains behind this would know better. -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Openvpn future: probably certificate problems...

2005-01-13 Thread Leonard Isham
The user should not have the ability to logon to a machine with OpenVPN installed if they are not allowed to use OpenVPN, or that user should not have access to run the GUI (maybe the OpenVPN Service should not even be running). The certificate is authenticating the computer. -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.

Re: [Openvpn-devel] First post and an alternative idea for OpenVPN startup on Linux

2004-11-18 Thread Leonard Isham
could do > that, if there's interest). If not, then, oh well ... I guess I'll just > maintain them for my own use. IMHO RH and other distros inhibit customization by adjusting apps to their own liking. This improves their ability to support their distros, but can make it diffic

Re: [Openvpn-devel] IANA has approved a unique port number for OpenVPN

2004-11-09 Thread Leonard Isham
his will be moot for those of you who select your own port number > using the "port" directive. It's only a question of changing the default from > 5000 to 1194 when no "port" directive is specified. > > James > For the record. I am impressed*** I'd

Re: [Openvpn-devel] OpenVPN GUI not working with ms cert store

2004-11-08 Thread Leonard Isham
t of like verbally explaining it to some one and then it hits you. -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.