Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Add support of utun devices under Mac OS X

2013-04-01 Thread Arne Schwabe
Am 01.04.13 19:03, schrieb Jonathan K. Bullard: Thanks; now that I understand the patch, I support it. This is the first I've heard of 'utun' -- can you tell me how to load it? There is no need for any extra kextload. Using the socket magic my patch does is enough and you need to be root. A

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Add support of utun devices under Mac OS X

2013-04-01 Thread Jonathan K. Bullard
Thanks; now that I understand the patch, I support it. This is the first I've heard of 'utun' -- can you tell me how to load it? (I assume via "sudo kextload xxx", but what is xxx -- that is, where is the kext located?) On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Arne Schwabe wrote: > Am 01.04.13 17:18,

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Add support of utun devices under Mac OS X

2013-04-01 Thread Arne Schwabe
Am 01.04.13 17:18, schrieb Jonathan K. Bullard: On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Arne Schwabe wrote: The "standard" utun.ko driver is sometimes problematic (e.g. VmWare Fusion 5 and tun.ko do not work together). If it is the other way around (use tun if it is available and if not, try utun)

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Add support of utun devices under Mac OS X

2013-04-01 Thread Jonathan K. Bullard
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Arne Schwabe wrote: > > >> The "standard" utun.ko driver is sometimes problematic (e.g. VmWare >> Fusion 5 and tun.ko do not work together). >> >> If it is the other way around (use tun if it is available and if not, >> try utun) then anybody who has loade

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Add support of utun devices under Mac OS X

2013-04-01 Thread Arne Schwabe
The "standard" utun.ko driver is sometimes problematic (e.g. VmWare Fusion 5 and tun.ko do not work together). If it is the other way around (use tun if it is available and if not, try utun) then anybody who has loaded tun will continue to work with that tun, and anybody who hasn't loaded tun

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Add support of utun devices under Mac OS X

2013-04-01 Thread Jonathan K. Bullard
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Arne Schwabe wrote: > > Am 01.04.13 15:26, schrieb Jonathan K. Bullard: > >> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Gert Doering wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 10:43:29PM +0200, Arne Schwabe wrote: Mac OS X 10.7+ natively supports tun device

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Add support of utun devices under Mac OS X

2013-04-01 Thread Arne Schwabe
Am 01.04.13 15:26, schrieb Jonathan K. Bullard: On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Gert Doering wrote: Hi, On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 10:43:29PM +0200, Arne Schwabe wrote: Mac OS X 10.7+ natively supports tun devices (called utun). The "standard" utun.ko driver is sometimes problematic (e.g. VmWar

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Add support of utun devices under Mac OS X

2013-04-01 Thread Jonathan K. Bullard
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Gert Doering wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 10:43:29PM +0200, Arne Schwabe wrote: >> Mac OS X 10.7+ natively supports tun devices (called utun). The "standard" >> utun.ko driver is sometimes problematic (e.g. VmWare Fusion 5 and tun.ko do >> not work tog

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Add support of utun devices under Mac OS X

2013-04-01 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 10:43:29PM +0200, Arne Schwabe wrote: > Mac OS X 10.7+ natively supports tun devices (called utun). The "standard" > utun.ko driver is sometimes problematic (e.g. VmWare Fusion 5 and tun.ko do > not work together). > > When OpenVPN is compiled with utun support it wi