Re: [Openvpn-users] Recommended ciphers in openvpn >= 2.3.6

2015-06-16 Thread Jan Just Keijser
On 16/06/15 23:17, Jan Just Keijser wrote: > [...] > By using 'auth sha512' you could end up making the data channel more > securely hashed/signed (and a lot slower) than the control channel, > which does add a lot of extra security. which does **NOT** add a lot of security -

Re: [Openvpn-users] Recommended ciphers in openvpn >= 2.3.6

2015-06-16 Thread Steffan Karger
On 16-06-15 23:17, Jan Just Keijser wrote: > On 16/06/15 16:40, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > I'd recommend > > cipher AES-256-CBC > auth SHA256 Agreed. > The main reason to use AES-256 is if you're using machines that are > optimized for AES (e.g. AES-NI capable CPU's). AES-256 is faster than > Blo

Re: [Openvpn-users] Recommended ciphers in openvpn >= 2.3.6

2015-06-16 Thread Jan Just Keijser
Hi Ralf, On 16/06/15 16:40, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > Are there currently recommendations for the ciphers when dealing with > clients >= 2.3.6 (Cross-platform; windows, mac os x, Linux)? > > I've seen: > > cipher AES-256-CBC > keysize 256 > auth SHA256 > > and: > > cipher AES-256-CBC > auth SHA512

[Openvpn-users] Recommended ciphers in openvpn >= 2.3.6

2015-06-16 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
Are there currently recommendations for the ciphers when dealing with clients >= 2.3.6 (Cross-platform; windows, mac os x, Linux)? I've seen: cipher AES-256-CBC keysize 256 auth SHA256 and: cipher AES-256-CBC auth SHA512 tls-cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA -- Ralf Hildebrandt Char