[Openvpn-users] TAP32 Adapter slow in accepting the DHCP assigned IP address

2013-05-27 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
ungscache wurde geleert. Fri May 24 12:10:21 2013 C:\windows\system32\ipconfig.exe /registerdns Windows-IP-Konfiguration Die Registrierung der DNS-Ressourceneintr„ge fr alle Adapter dieses Computer wurde initialisiert. Fehler werden in der Ereignisanzeige in 15 Minuten aufgefhrt. Fri May 24

Re: [Openvpn-users] TAP32 Adapter slow in accepting the DHCP assigned IP address

2013-05-27 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
puters. -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@charite.deCampus Benjamin Franklin http://www.charite.de Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT, Abt. Netzwerk fon: +49-30-450.5

Re: [Openvpn-users] why doesn't openvpn negotiate settings?

2013-07-30 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
rstand why openvpn doesn't auto-negotiate this. I was wondering about this as well. This makes it extremely hard to every change the cipher (i.e. if it's not considered "safe" anymore) -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra

[Openvpn-users] proto udp / proto tcp in a mixed setup?

2013-09-05 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
ve to give the user two configs, one containing: proto udp remote gateway.charite.de 1194 and the other proto tcp remote vpn-last-resort.charite.de 443 -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@charite.deCampus Benjamin Franklin http://www.

Re: [Openvpn-users] (no subject)

2013-10-12 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Krishna Murthy : > hi > > wrapping connection TLSv1 & SSLv2 how to fix this problem pls help me Which problem? > WRAPPING MY ALL OPENVPN CONNECTION & YOUR FREEDOM Pls see below Wrapping into what? Which program generated the logs? -- Ralf Hildebrandt

[Openvpn-users] CreateProcess failed...

2013-12-05 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
e='openvpn --version' dir='C:\Users\Acer\Documents\Wichtige Dokumente\Charite\OpenVPN\bin' and an OK button on the bottom right. Problem: Even upon reinstallation with correct (default) paths, the error message above tends to stick. Where is that path stored?

Re: [Openvpn-users] CreateProcess failed...

2013-12-05 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Gert Doering : > Hi, > > On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 09:52:08AM +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > > Problem: Even upon reinstallation with correct (default) paths, the > > error message above tends to stick. > > > > Where is that path stored? How can I fix this?

Re: [Openvpn-users] CreateProcess failed...

2013-12-06 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
or OpenVPN-GUI. This installer is not, however, included in > 2.3.x, and probably never will, because it might cause other issues > which we don't want in stable releases. It will be bundled with the > upcoming OpenVPN 2.4 installers, though. -- Ralf Hildebrandt Ch

Re: [Openvpn-users] CreateProcess failed...

2013-12-06 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Gert Doering : > Hi, > > On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 03:28:14PM +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > > OK, so one would have to delete the keys. Which keys? > > Great, where do I find those? > > Sorry for the omission :-) - Heiko mentioned them yesterday, but only >

Re: [Openvpn-users] username with non ascii characters

2014-03-18 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
aracters. > > Have you some information about this problem ? Is it also in a recent version of openvpn? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@charite.deCampus Benjamin Franklin http://www.charite.de Hindenburgdamm 30, 122

Re: [Openvpn-users] Use of OpenVPN name and logo

2014-03-31 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
7;s very nice and fair. -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@charite.deCampus Benjamin Franklin http://www.charite.de Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT, Abt. Netzwerk f

[Openvpn-users] Installed to wrong path, how to fix?

2014-05-13 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
I installed openvpn to a wrong folder, then I reinstalled and installed it to the correct folder. Now I'm getting: CreateProcess failed, exe=’D:\Lukas\Apps\personalVPN\bin\openvpn.exe’ cmdline=’openvpn—version’ dir=’D:\Lukas\Apps\personalVPN\bin’ How can that be fixed? -- Ralf Hildeb

Re: [Openvpn-users] Installed to wrong path, how to fix?

2014-05-13 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
for various users. > For now you can fix this by either removing OpenVPN-GUI's registry keys > and running OpenVPN-GUI (as an admin), or by changing the value of the > registry key which tells OpenVPN-GUI where to look for openvpn.exe. Which keys are those? -- Ralf Hildebrandt

Re: [Openvpn-users] Installed to wrong path, how to fix?

2014-05-13 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
the FAQ? Yes please. At least until the new GUI comes our way. > Who *is* maintaining the FAQ these days anyway, and where...? Who's changingthe paths and why? I hate my users. And I hate Windows 8.1! -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...

Re: [Openvpn-users] Installed to wrong path, how to fix?

2014-05-27 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
> > Which keys are those? > > > Look into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OpenVPN-GUI. The registry key > names are self-explanatory. Indeed. It was very simple. I deleted the whole HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OpenVPN-GUI subtree -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite U

[Openvpn-users] Win7 Problem with 2.3.6

2015-02-16 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
During that time NOTHING is being logged on the client side (!). After some time the server notices that the client went missing. * clicking on "reconnect" in the status window on the client makes the connection work for another 4 minutes. Any ideas on that one? -- Ralf Hil

[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 Hil

Re: [Openvpn-users] Fwd: "Safe" configurations for installation without admin privileges?

2015-12-10 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
n into tunnelblick" > - this is the level of users we're dealing with. Same here. > They wouldn't know about "files" and "move to correct directory, > replacing the file that is already there"... Same here. -- Ralf Hildebrandt

Re: [Openvpn-users] OpenVPN 2.3.9 released

2015-12-16 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
on Win32 only (ignoring it on osx/linux is ok) * do I need to change the config on the client or can that be pushed from the server? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@charite.deCampus Benjamin Franklin http://

Re: [Openvpn-users] OpenVPN 2.3.9 released

2015-12-17 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
erwise some testers reported DNS latencies in the first few minutes > of VPN usage. A side issue there with register-dns: https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/ticket/570 -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@charite.deCampus

Re: [Openvpn-users] Fw: Windows installers with OpenVPN-GUI that requests highest available privileges

2016-01-05 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
wonder if the installer could be "universal" (meaning it could contain both 32 and 64 bit versions and choose the correct arch automatically). -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@charite.deCampus Benjamin Franklin ht

Re: [Openvpn-users] Fw: Windows installers with OpenVPN-GUI that requests highest available privileges

2016-01-05 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
me up with a > final installer!" and is sufficiently... $insertpoliteword that is not > easy to extend. > > But then, it's not mine anyway, maybe Samuli likes this idea so much... :-) Unlikely :) -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hil

Re: [Openvpn-users] Fw: Windows installers with OpenVPN-GUI that requests highest available privileges

2016-01-05 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Selva Nair : > manifest, but personally I think that's too invasive as there could be > legitimate users who do not need to set routes, for example. You mean a bridged VPN (TAP?) -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...

Re: [Openvpn-users] Openvpn.net Wserver error !

2016-01-22 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* debbie...@gmail.com : > FYI: > There appears to be something badly wrong with > https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/TitleIndex ... Welcome to the wonderful world of wiki spam -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@c

[Openvpn-users] Buffer sizes?

2016-05-19 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
I found this https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/40099/why-openvpn-is-so-slow-cool-story Is setting sndbuf/rcvbuf really a good solution? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@charite.deCampus Benjamin Franklin http://www.charite.de

Re: [Openvpn-users] Separate apt repositories for 2.4-alpha/beta/rc releases?

2016-10-17 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Samuli Seppänen : > Hi, > > Should we have a separate apt repository for "unstable" apt packages? Yes please. Do have a look at how dovecot does it: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/PrebuiltBinaries#Debian there is "stable" and "testing" -- Ral

[Openvpn-users] options error: option 'setenv' cannot be used in this context ([PUSH-OPTIONS])

2016-10-21 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
in this context ([PUSH-OPTIONS]) Fri Oct 21 14:41 options error: option 'setenv' cannot be used in this context ([PUSH-OPTIONS]) one line for each "setenv opt". Is my syntax correct? I wanted to make "register-dns" and "block-outside-dns" optional for

Re: [Openvpn-users] options error: option 'setenv' cannot be used in this context ([PUSH-OPTIONS])

2016-10-25 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
ble to make "register-dns" and "block-outside-dns" entirely optional (on OS X / Linux), I'd have a "clean" log. -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@charite.deCampus Benjamin Franklin http://www.charite.

Re: [Openvpn-users] migrating from lzo to lz4

2017-11-16 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
> "push-peer-info" will tell you whether a client supports LZ4 or not. How do I use that? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@charite.deCampus Benjamin Franklin https://www.charite.de Hindenburgdamm 30, 1220

Re: [Openvpn-users] migrating from lzo to lz4

2017-11-16 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Jan Just Keijser : > by adding >   compression compress > or >   comp-lzo > to the client config, you turn on the compression bit in each packet, and > thus allow the server to push the compression algorithm of choice to all > clients. -- Ralf Hildebrandt

Re: [Openvpn-users] migrating from lzo to lz4

2017-11-16 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Jonathan K. Bullard : > Hi, > > On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 5:45 AM, Ralf Hildebrandt > wrote: > > * Jan Just Keijser : > > > >> yes, pretty much: all clients that have 'comp-lzo' in the client config and > >> that support LZ4 can be told to use

Re: [Openvpn-users] migrating from lzo to lz4

2017-11-16 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
"Enabling LZO compression for client $common_name" >     echo "comp-lzo" >> $1 >     echo "push \"comp-lzo\"" >> $1 > fi Awesome. I'll try this. -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra

Re: [Openvpn-users] migrating from lzo to lz4

2017-11-17 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
eb/10.31.111.66 Bad LZO decompression header byte: 251 Nov 17 13:42:05 openvpn udp[23345]: hildeb/10.31.111.66 Bad LZO decompression header byte: 251 Nov 17 13:42:05 openvpn udp[23345]: hildeb/10.31.111.66 Bad LZO decompression header byte: 251 I'm using openvpn for mac (2.4.4)... --

Re: [Openvpn-users] migrating from lzo to lz4

2017-11-17 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Jan Just Keijser : > keep in mind that you also need to tell the server to use LZ4 for your > client; in my original script I was writing out > compress lz4 > push "compress lz4" > > your server seems "stuck" on "compress lzo

[Openvpn-users] Displaying messages to users by means of the GUI?

2017-11-20 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
My users primarily user Windows (OpenVPN-GUI), Tunnelblick. We do have some Linux users (mainyly using NetworkManager) and even 4 ChromeOS users. Is there any way for me to display informational messages on the users's computer when they're loggin in via VPN? -- Ralf H

Re: [Openvpn-users] Displaying messages to users by means of the GUI?

2017-11-21 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Jonathan K. Bullard : > Hi, > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:16 AM, Ralf Hildebrandt > wrote: > > My users primarily user Windows (OpenVPN-GUI), Tunnelblick. We do have > > some Linux users (mainyly using NetworkManager) and even 4 ChromeOS > > users. > > &g

Re: [Openvpn-users] Displaying messages to users by means of the GUI?

2017-11-27 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
> I agree with Selva that it would be a good idea to standardize "echo" > commands, so I will start a new thread about that. I totally agree. -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@charite.deCampus Benjami

[Openvpn-users] openvpn-nl ciphersuite question

2017-12-22 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
key 115 TLSv1.2, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, 2048 bit RSA 1617 TLSv1, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, 2048 bit RSA 17756 TLSv1.2, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 2048 bit RSA -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.

[Openvpn-users] Openvpn not working when DNS Servers were set manually

2018-01-11 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
n DNS dynamically", VPN would work as expected. openvpn did not log anything regaring the DNS server (I do know that the Mac OS Tunnelblick VPN client issues a warning in that case). Is this intentional? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: OpenVPN network throughput vs raw network throughput

2018-06-08 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
est outside the VPN tunnel with --udp. Does that > give different results? Beware, UDP is limited to 1 Mbit in iperf ("default 1 Mbit/sec for UDP, unlimited for TCP"), thus: iperf3 --udp --bandwidth 200M -c 172.31.254.1 Also, check CPU on both machines to see if

[Openvpn-users] disabling compression on the fly?

2018-10-09 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
pression, why not turn compression off - on the fly - for every client? How would I push an "empty" compression parameter? Is this feasible at all? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@charite.deCampus Benjamin Fr

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: disabling compression on the fly?

2018-10-09 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
is: if ($version =~ "2\.3\.") { push @outline, 'compress lzo'; push @outline, 'push "compress lzo"'; } else { push @outline, 'compress'; push @outline, 'push "compress"'; # compression considered insecure }

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: disabling compression on the fly?

2018-10-09 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Ralf Hildebrandt : > In the end I resorted to this: > > if ($version =~ "2\.3\.") { >push @outline, 'compress lzo'; >push @outline, 'push "compress lzo"'; > } > else { >push @outline, 'compress'; >

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: Reg openvpn frequent disconnect

2018-10-10 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
ules, both on the box itself and in the core network. UDP or TCP? We're also seeing this a lot, especially with some DSL providers having issues with UDP traffic... -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@charite.deCampus Ben

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Push DNS openvpn

2019-02-21 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
S 192.168.6.54" How does the client use openvpn? Via NetworkManager or via the command line. I guess the latter. -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@charite.deCampus Benjamin Franklin https://www.charite.de Hindenburgdam

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: Error: private key password verification failed when using correct Password

2019-03-14 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Stefanie Leisestreichler : > Thu Mar 14 14:46:48 2019 UDPv4 link remote: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:1194 > Thu Mar 14 14:47:48 2019 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur > within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity) That could be a firewall or routing issue. -- Ralf Hi

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] cannot locate HMAC in incoming packet

2019-03-15 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
or '185.200.118.0 - 185.200.118.255' is 'ab...@m247.ro' https://www.m247.ro/en/ -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@charite.deCampus Benjamin Franklin https://www.charite.de Hindenburgdamm 3

[Openvpn-users] sndbuf/rcvbuf tweaks (still) useful?

2019-09-09 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
I found this: https://winaero.com/blog/speed-up-openvpn-and-get-faster-speed-over-its-channel/ an now I wonder if these recommendations (still) make sense. -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebra...@charite.deCampus Benjamin Franklin https

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] OpenVPN GUI with Wintun (unofficial)

2019-10-11 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Lev Stipakov : > To use Wintun driver instead of tap-window6, add "windows-driver wintun" > to your VPN profile. "VPN profile"? Do you mean "in the config file"? ___ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.source

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] OpenVPN GUI with Wintun (unofficial)

2019-10-11 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
he man page of the "normal" openvpn doesn't list "windows-driver" -- so I was unsure if it's a) windows-specific b) 2.5-specific. Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I | 1.

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] OpenVPN GUI with Wintun (unofficial)

2019-10-14 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
if we could manage to get it into the > 2.5 release. I totally support this. Sopme of my users are having a hard time installing the "normal" driver, so Wintun is a welcome alternative. Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Camp

[Openvpn-users] Redirect script stderr/stdout while in daemon mode?

2020-01-27 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
How can I easily redirect script stderr/stdout while in daemon mode? I have a --auth-user-pass-verify script which (in some odd cases) exits with exit status 255 and I cannot fathom why. Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: Redirect script stderr/stdout while in daemon mode?

2020-01-28 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Gert Doering : > Hi, > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 04:40:10PM +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > > How can I easily redirect script stderr/stdout while in daemon mode? > > > > I have a --auth-user-pass-verify script which (in some odd cases) > > exits with exit s

[Openvpn-users] State of the Art settings for cipher & auth?

2020-03-18 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
What are the current "state of the art" settings for cipher & auth? My current gateway is using: cipher AES-256-CBC auth SHA256 Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I | 1. OG | Raum 105

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: State of the Art settings for cipher & auth?

2020-03-18 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
authSHA256 dh none ecdh-curve secp384r1 like on https://www.privacy-handbuch.de/handbuch_97a.htm ? > And, if all your systems are 2.4+ and you do not change --ncp-disable or > --ncp-ciphers, is what you get automatically anyway. :-) Which they are not :( The

[Openvpn-users] Openvpn 2.4.8 on Windows 10: TAP32 Adapter seems to be fubared

2020-03-26 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
is a know issue -- could we get a recent version of openvpn with a TAP32 driver that actually works on Win10? Or can we simply recommend installing 2.4.7 instead (and hope the driver bundled is 9.23.3)? It doesn't seem to happen with all Win10 installations, though. -- Ralf Hildebran

[Openvpn-users] passtos option

2020-03-30 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
Does the passtos option need to be set BOTH on the server and client? If so, can I "push" the option to the client? We're mostly using Windows (2.4.2 and up) & Mac Clients (Tunnelblick) -- are their openvpn implementations handling this option at all? Ralf

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: passtos option

2020-03-30 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
hat, it is hardly ever required to set > it on a client, unless that client is forwarding traffic for a client-side > lan The idea was to use "--passtos" since we're using skypeforBusiness on the clients. Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsberei

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: Openvpn 2.4.8 on Windows 10: TAP32 Adapter seems to be fubared

2020-03-30 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
> Can you send me (privately) C:\Windows\inf\setupapi.dev.log from one or > some of the affected computers? Or just the part of it which describes > the failed tap-windows6 installation (rather easy to find). Did that just now, along with some screenshots. Ralf Hildebrand

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: Openvpn 2.4.8 on Windows 10: TAP32 Adapter seems to be fubared

2020-03-30 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* mich...@fritscher.net : > Am 2020-03-30 17:14, schrieb Ralf Hildebrandt: > > Did that just now, along with some screenshots. > > Which were scrubed from the mailinglist software it seems... I sent them to him, not the list (as requested) Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universität

Re: [Openvpn-users] Openvpn 2.4.8 on Windows 10: TAP32 Adapter seems to be fubared

2020-04-01 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
e setupapi.dev.log files from both of the > machines if that would be helpful. Definitely. I sent my copy to Samuli. I also have the setupapi.dev.log after installation and after the installation of the alternative TAP32 driver. Maybe the diff can be helpful. Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Un

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: Openvpn 2.4.8 on Windows 10: TAP32 Adapter seems to be fubared

2020-04-02 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
ion signed > > Authenticode = cross-signed > > > Sorry, I don't know much about NSIS operation: is tap-windows6 driver > included in the openvpn-install-2.4.8-i602-Win10.exe installer? Blasphemic question: Why is a win7 driver included in "openvpn-install-2.4.8-i

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Windows GUI + proxy script support

2020-04-16 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
it work as a DHCP option? You want a user to establish a VPN connection and the "use" the pushed PROXY_AUTO_CONFIG_URL in his/her browser? Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I | 1. OG | Ra

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] OpenVPN GUI 11

2020-04-16 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
where a user can simply double click a > ovpn extension file and it will prompt to load the configuration. I do agree an "import on double click" would benefit the average reading-impaired user (we have those, lots!) Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsberei

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Windows GUI + proxy script support

2020-04-16 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Dajka Tamás : > Yes (given he/she can access the proxy through the VPN - the defgw is pushed > also) > > PROXY_AUTO_CONFIG_URL is a 'wpad'/'pac' file for me, containing all the infos > needed - standard format. Same as here; I don't think th

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: OpenVPN GUI 11

2020-04-16 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
as error "rendering their current installation faulty/non working" - while it's working perfectly. For over a year we're sending out config files which don't trigger the warning, but people still use the old files - and a new Tunnelblick, since (thank Lord!) it aut

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: OpenVPN GUI 11

2020-04-16 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
s" [2], not plain .ovpn files, so that > will be a problem if you distribute the same configuration file(s) for > users of all platforms. That is what we currently do, but if your method has advantages, we can maybe generate MAC-Specific files. Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsm

[Openvpn-users] Quite a few "Authenticate/Decrypt packet error: bad packet ID (may be a replay)" warnings

2020-06-15 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
y in effect... Using 2.4.9-bionic0 from Ubuntu. And yes, the process had been starded after the config change was made. Could it be that this option is not working? Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus

Re: [Openvpn-users] OpenVPN 2.5-rc3 released

2020-10-19 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
creative line numbers)? The order or the key-direction / tls-auth statements in respect to the blocks? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I | 1. OG | Raum 105 Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Ber

[Openvpn-users] WARNING: 'auth' is used inconsistently, local='auth [null-digest]', remote='auth SHA256'

2020-10-29 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
56-GCM data-ciphers AES-256-GCM:AES-256-CBC:AES-128-GCM:AES-128-CBC:BF-CBC auth SHA256 and the client config says: cipher AES-256-CBC auth SHA256 As far as I can see "auth SHA256" is used consistently. So why does it report "auth [null-digest]"? Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Uni

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] WARNING: 'auth' is used inconsistently, local='auth [null-digest]', remote='auth SHA256'

2020-10-29 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Ralf Hildebrandt : > As far as I can see "auth SHA256" is used consistently. > So why does it report "auth [null-digest]"? tl;dr: client and server negotiate a GCM (Galois/Counter Mode) cipher (AES-GCM), and those ciphers includes a HMAC, thus the specified AU

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] WARNING: 'auth' is used inconsistently, local='auth [null-digest]', remote='auth SHA256'

2020-10-29 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
used inconsistently (we talked about this) link-mtu used inconsistenly (dunno what to do about this) WARNING: 'cipher' is used inconsistently, but I have a more recent config for that. Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benja

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] WARNING: 'auth' is used inconsistently, local='auth [null-digest]', remote='auth SHA256'

2020-10-29 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
> That said, these kinds of false warnings need to be fixed. The whole idea > of warnings is to draw the user's attention to it and is predicated upon > these being indications of possible misconfiguration. Indeed :) Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Gesch

[Openvpn-users] Flock of openvpn Servers: how to make one machine stop accepting NEW clients?

2021-01-08 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
ts to prevent MORE clients on machine 2? I could return AUTH_FAILED, but that would irritate the users, since their clients would ask for a (new) password. -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I |

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: Flock of openvpn Servers: how to make one machine stop accepting NEW clients?

2021-01-08 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
hought so. > (Maybe I'm all wrong and there is a way to send RESTART from plugin > or scripts, and I just don't know it yet) That would rock. Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I |

[Openvpn-users] Clarification of "remote-random-hostname"

2021-01-11 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
ot;, how can the client expect to resolve ".foo.bar.gov" at all? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I | 1. OG | Raum 105 Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 5

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: Clarification of "remote-random-hostname"

2021-01-11 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
r other methods exist. Ah, that makes it clear. Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I | 1. OG | Raum 105 Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 ral

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: Clarification of "remote-random-hostname"

2021-01-11 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
nk... It would totally disable DNS Caching, yes. Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I | 1. OG | Raum 105 Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 ralf.hildebra...@ch

Re: [Openvpn-users] Flock of openvpn Servers: how to make one machine stop accepting NEW clients?

2021-02-11 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
lients just fine Even UDP clients? > and limit amount of backend connections, haproxy can work if you don't need > UDP > traffic, We're using UDP... > LVS does not works as expected with UDP balancing. That would have been my initial choice Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - U

[Openvpn-users] "PID_ERR large diff" messages

2021-03-16 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
:627548 t=1615815597[0] r=[-2,64,15,92,1] sl=[8,64,64,528] Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I | 1. OG | Raum 105 Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 ralf.hildebra...@charite.de

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: connecting to management interface from client-connect script?

2021-04-01 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
> Use 2.5, which has asynchronous (deferred) client-connect scripts. Are there any changes needed for that in the config / on the script side of things? Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I | 1.

[Openvpn-users] TLS version

2021-07-15 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
icate: 2048 bit RSA, signature: RSA-SHA256 Right now I'm correlating using field #5 (IP:Port), but is there an easier way? Is the TLS version in any environment variable so I can log it using a client-connect or learn script? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäfts

[Openvpn-users] CA migration?

2021-07-21 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
I want to trasition from an old, internal CA (easyrsa) to a new, internal CA (also easyrsa). But how do I do this? Can I make openvpn accept client certificates from two CAs (the old and the new one)? Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: CA migration?

2021-07-22 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Bo Berglund : > On Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:57:50 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt > wrote: > > >But how do I do this? Can I make openvpn accept client certificates > >from two CAs (the old and the new one)? > > Why using a new certificate? I need a new CA due to the german

Re: [Openvpn-users] [SPAM] [ext] Unable to locate the .deb package of OpenVPN 2.5.4 for Debian 11/Bullseye

2021-10-07 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
Error appeared. Use https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/OpenvpnSoftwareRepos Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I | 1. OG | Raum 105 Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 ralf.hi

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: Linux client DNS resolver - does it even work?

2021-11-15 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
s more issues. E.g. it is unable to import configs with multiple connection blocks. Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I | 1. OG | Raum 105 Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 ralf.hil

[Openvpn-users] Current openvpn(related) CVEs

2021-11-23 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
e GUI & openvpn process? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I | 1. OG | Raum 105 Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 ralf.hildebra...@charite.de htt

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: Current openvpn(related) CVEs

2021-11-23 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
ok at how other people do it... Thanks for the quick response! Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I | 1. OG | Raum 105 Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 ralf.hildebra...@c

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] (no subject)

2021-12-02 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
mitigate the fingerprinting, is it possible to prevent the details of > IFACE and HWADDR from being transmitted to my VPN provider? Are they REALLY transmitted to your VPN provider? Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] (no subject)

2021-12-02 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
49786 peer info: IV_COMP_STUB=1 ip.add.re.ss:49786 peer info: IV_COMP_STUBv2=1 ip.add.re.ss:49786 peer info: IV_GUI_VER=net.openvpn.connect.ios_3.2.3-3760 ip.add.re.ss:49786 peer info: IV_SSO=openurl -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk C

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] (no subject)

2021-12-02 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
provided by my VPN > provider. As a connection is being made, many lines of text flash > across the terminal. Please tell me if the lines of text that I see > belong to the server's log? No, that's your client's log. -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berli

[Openvpn-users] OpenVPN-2.4.8 running on new hardware, but is it using the CPU based hardware crypto?

2019-11-07 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt via Openvpn-users
00:26 openvpn2019 udp[703]: OpenVPN 2.4.8 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH/PKTINFO] [AEAD] built on Oct 30 2019 Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I | 1. OG | Rau

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: OpenVPN-2.4.8 running on new hardware, but is it using the CPU based hardware crypto?

2019-11-07 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt via Openvpn-users
your openssl > library does NOT use hardware crypto. 10 times faster - thanks1 Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I | 1. OG | Raum 105 Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 ralf.hildebr

[Openvpn-users] Openvpn on virtualbox

2019-11-11 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt via Openvpn-users
(read: ssh) sessions. Are there tuning tips regarding this particular setup (or openvpnm on virtualized hardware), of is virtualbox merely a poor choice :) Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I | 1. OG

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: Openvpn on virtualbox

2019-11-11 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt via Openvpn-users
er environment, I'd suggest a > type 1 hypervisor. ESXi 6.x Free is a good choice and I've run many > OpenVPN installs on it with good results, Thanks. Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I

[Openvpn-users] 2.6rc2 server with DCO and 2.6rc2 client with DCO: not working

2023-01-18 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt via Openvpn-users
arite.de port 1194 explicit-exit-notify cipher AES-256-GCM data-ciphers AES-256-GCM auth SHA256 remote-cert-tls server verify-x509-name "C=DE, ST=Berlin, L=Berlin, O=Charite-VPN, OU=GB-IT, CN=openvpn.charite.de, emailAddress=v...@charite.de" subject remote-cert-eku "TLS Web Se

Re: [Openvpn-users] 2.6rc2 server with DCO and 2.6rc2 client with DCO: not working

2023-01-19 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt via Openvpn-users
er options incompatible with DCO" > or so. Arne? We totally agree. Although the authentication went OK the user is greeted with a "re-enter your password" -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin

[Openvpn-users] 2.6rc2 client & DCO: down script fails since tun0 is already gone

2023-01-19 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt via Openvpn-users
ere: Does this matter? Is the tun0 interface taken down too early? Should I even care? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I | 1. OG | Raum 105 Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: OpenVPN-2.6.0-I003-amd64.msi does not work on Microsoft Windows 11 if ovpn-dco is enabled

2023-01-31 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt via Openvpn-users
e > nobind > persist-key > persist-tun > verb 4 > remote-cert-tls server > ping 10 > ping-restart 60 > sndbuf 524288 > rcvbuf 524288 > cipher AES-256-CBC > --disable-dco Shouldn't "--disable-dco" rather be "disable-dco" when used inside

Re: [Openvpn-users] [ext] Re: OpenVPN-2.6.0-I004-amd64.msi still fails to work on Microsoft Windows 11 if opvpn-dco is enabled

2023-02-10 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt via Openvpn-users
y. We were pushing "compress" to 2.6 clients. But how can I check what the client is willing to support? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF) Haus I | 1. OG | Raum 105 Hindenburgdamm 30

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