Re: [Openvpn-users] revoke-full gives error

2014-10-17 Thread Gregory Sloop
[Top posting, to follow convention] The "new" EasyRSA 3.x code/tool doesn't appear to have the problem you're talking about. [I've recently tested with it, and revoking certs works fine - at least with the options I'm using - there are obviously other code paths, and perhaps they would produce

Re: [Openvpn-users] How can I use ECDSA keys for OpenVPN?

2014-12-21 Thread Gregory Sloop
This is on Windows 7. Before I used the 'easy-rsa' script for RSA keys. Now I would like to know how to generate CA, server, client, etc. using ECDSA keys? Thanks! [Sorry, forgot to post to the list...] The GIT version of EasyRSA will do EC keys/certs. [You can just download it and use it

[Openvpn-users] Odd Windows error

2016-02-24 Thread Gregory Sloop
New Windows install on a new machine. New OVPN install too, obviously. I'm using old config files, but I don't think the config file is part of the problem. The error I keep getting in the logs, follows. [Repeats endlessly.] --- Wed Feb 24 13:13:53 2016 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]xx.xx.xx.151:1194

Re: [Openvpn-users] Odd Windows error

2016-02-24 Thread Gregory Sloop
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 4:32 PM, Gregory Sloop wrote: New Windows install on a new machine. New OVPN install too, obviously. I'm using old config files, but I don't think the config file is part of the problem. The error I keep getting in the logs, follows. [Repeats endlessly.] -

Re: [Openvpn-users] Odd Windows error

2016-02-24 Thread Gregory Sloop
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 6:48 PM, Gregory Sloop wrote: I'll poke at some other stuff, but this is a _really_ odd situation. Glad for any pointers anyone might have. Easy to check the connectivity as this is tcp: Try telnet serverA 1194 You may have to enable/install telnet fro

Re: [Openvpn-users] Odd Windows error

2016-02-25 Thread Gregory Sloop
GD> Hi, GD> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 01:32:40PM -0800, Gregory Sloop wrote: >> The error I keep getting in the logs, follows. [Repeats endlessly.] >> --- >> Wed Feb 24 13:13:53 2016 TCP: connect to [AF_INET]xx.xx.xx.151:1194 failed, >> will try again in 5 secon

Re: [Openvpn-users] Recommendations for maximum cryptographic security

2016-12-14 Thread Gregory Sloop
A working Quantum computer with sufficient capacity will obsolete EC, RSA etc. It will all be game-over. End of story. [At least mostly.] But by the time a quantum computer with the sufficient qbits becomes available, we'll likely understand [a lot] better the ramifications of such a machine and

[Openvpn-users] Server vs Client cert generation

2017-08-09 Thread Gregory Sloop
So, IMO, EasyRSA is pretty broken. [I'll skip the discussion about why. Go try to run it on Windows and see how that works, then then we can talk. Also, key encryption defaults.] I also often need to generate certs for other things and GNU TLS's CertTool works pretty well. I'd like to use one t

Re: [Openvpn-users] Server vs Client cert generation

2017-08-10 Thread Gregory Sloop
SK> On 09-08-17 19:34, Gregory Sloop wrote: >> I also often need to generate certs for other things and GNU TLS's >> CertTool works pretty well. >> I'd like to use one tool to generate all the certificates I generally >> need - it's just easier to keep tra

Re: [Openvpn-users] Server vs Client cert generation

2017-08-29 Thread Gregory Sloop
So a few observations and possible clues/issues: I should probably do another test, though I'm worn out from all the hassle of the last go-round. [But I think I kept all the "test" certs I used, so testing should be easier...] But I think your cert shows: X509v3 extensions:

Re: [Openvpn-users] Server vs Client cert generation

2017-08-30 Thread Gregory Sloop
Hi, On 29/08/17 22:06, Gregory Sloop wrote: Re: [Openvpn-users] Server vs Client cert generation So a few observations and possible clues/issues: I should probably do another test, though I'm worn out from all the hassle of the last go-round. [But I think I kept all the "test&quo

Re: [Openvpn-users] VPN allows unencrypted traffic but not encrypted

2017-09-04 Thread Gregory Sloop
Top Posting: UDP is preferred vs TCP because of TCP inside TCP issues - e.g. TCP sliding window ACK inside another TCP sliding window ACK. As packet loss increases, this becomes a huge problem. Essentailly, you have TCP stream inside the OVPN tunnel, and it's being ferried to the remote site/c

Re: [Openvpn-users] tcp-client: large ping during transfers (fwd)

2017-11-09 Thread Gregory Sloop
Top posting JJK> The only thing you can do, is to run something like Traffic Control (tc) JJK> on the link to prioritize low latency traffic compared to bulk JJK> downloads. If I throttle my iperf session to use 80% of the maximum link JJK> speed then the ping times remain much lower. When the li

Re: [Openvpn-users] UDP Tunnel and Reliabiliy

2018-08-07 Thread Gregory Sloop
The short answer is: If the traffic going "inside" the tunnel is UDP based, it's already built to handle packet loss. If the traffic going "inside" the tunnel is TCP based, it's going to be handled by the TCP connection that's encapsulated by the tunnel. [i.e. The TCP connection will re-transmi

Re: [Openvpn-users] iphone7 with keynote

2018-09-25 Thread Gregory Sloop
F> Additional information: F> I have the vpn working properly through a wireless router to my work F> network. No errors F> in the server logs. But when I switch to my phone providers network F> (rogers quebec canada) F> I then start getting the errors and I cannot surf with the browser.

Re: [Openvpn-users] iphone7 with keynote

2018-09-26 Thread Gregory Sloop
Top posting: This is exactly right - many ISP's are *NOT* generating/returning the ICMP "Fragmentation needed" responses - in which case, your reliance on PMTU will result in a completely failed connection. [For my users, at least, that's the *MOST UNDESIRABLE* option of any.] Using a smaller

Re: [Openvpn-users] iphone7 with keynote

2018-09-26 Thread Gregory Sloop
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Re: [Openvpn-users] generate crl with easyrsa v2.2

2019-03-12 Thread Gregory Sloop
[I just realized I failed to post this to the list and only to Bonno. Sorry Bonno, you'll get it twice now! :) ] Probably not the answer you're looking for - but I gave up on EasyRSA a while ago. [It's unevenly updated, had serious problems, was concerned about the default key security (in an e