i had as problem to connect to server using SSH but I opened an  case with
hosting support


‫בתאריך יום ב׳, 18 בנוב׳ 2024 ב-13:58 מאת ‪Илья Шипицин‬‏ <‪
chipits...@gmail.com‬‏>:‬

> I initially thought it was not your server, because you told us that you
> do not have server logs.
>
> do you have at least any client packet that reaches server ?
>
> (I know you may ask how to check that. I'd choose tcpdump. in case if you
> wish to ask how to use tcpdump - sorry, no answer. Please use the tool of
> your choice, whatever you are comfortable with)
>
>
> if no packet reaches server, most probably you did not open firewall
> (either on vm itself or in cloud level).
>
> (if you are going to ask how to manage firewall on vm or cloud level,
> sorry, no idea here, please consult cloud guides or contact cloud support).
>
> ‪пн, 18 нояб. 2024 г. в 12:43, ‫נתי שטרן‬‎ <nsh...@gmail.com>:‬
>
>> How to solve this problem?
>> because both the client and server are my  own
>>
>>
>> ‫בתאריך יום ב׳, 18 בנוב׳ 2024 ב-12:04 מאת ‪David Sommerseth‬‏ <‪
>> dazo+open...@eurephia.org‬‏>:‬
>>
>>>
>>> Please stop now.
>>>
>>> A client which cannot reach a server because the client side has
>>> connectivity issues towards the server is not a DoS, it is not a CVE and
>>> will never be considered a security issue.
>>>
>>> First of all, a DoS attack is commonly related to a SERVER becoming
>>> unresponsive due to traffic to the server causing it to stop responding.
>>>   Or that one VPN clients misbehaviour (not due to misconfiguration,
>>> though) results in no other clients being able to connect.
>>>
>>> What you have described so far is that you cannot reach the server.  And
>>> OpenVPN tries to reconnect regularly.  This is the expected behaviour of
>>> most VPN clients - they try to keep the tunnel running with as little
>>> user interaction as possible.  The back-off timer is there to also
>>> needlessly keep trying if there seems to be longer persisting
>>> connectivity issues.
>>>
>>> And just to entertain you a bit more.  This is the logs when using
>>> OpenVPN 3 Linux:
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Press CTRL-C to stop the connection
>>>
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:19.854568 [STATUS] (StatusMajor.CONNECTION,
>>> StatusMinor.CFG_OK)
>>>
>>> config_path=/net/openvpn/v3/configuration/4c2bba36x2151x4291xb7acx360000375d2a
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:19.854636 [LOG] Starting connection
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:19.854694 [LOG] Using DNS resolver scope: global
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:19.862369 [LOG] [Connect] DCO flag: disabled
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:19.862479 [STATUS] (StatusMajor.CONNECTION,
>>> StatusMinor.CONN_CONNECTING)
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:19.862548 [LOG] [Core] OpenVPN core v3.10.1 linux
>>> x86_64 64-bit OVPN-DCO
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:19.862596 [LOG] [Core] Frame=512/2112/512
>>> mssfix-ctrl=1250
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:19.862636 [LOG] Resolving
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:19.866525 [LOG] [Core] Contacting 103.6.170.21:1194
>>> via UDP
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:19.866638 [LOG] Waiting for server response
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:19.878505 [LOG] [Core] Connecting to
>>> [103.6.170.21]:1194 (103.6.170.21) via UDP
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:29.861733 [LOG] [Core] Server poll timeout, trying next
>>> remote entry...
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:29.861875 [LOG] Resolving
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:29.865648 [LOG] [Core] Contacting 103.6.170.21:1194
>>> via UDP
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:29.865769 [LOG] Waiting for server response
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:29.876299 [LOG] [Core] Connecting to
>>> [103.6.170.21]:1194 (103.6.170.21) via UDP
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:39.862254 [LOG] [Core] Server poll timeout, trying next
>>> remote entry...
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:39.862347 [LOG] Resolving
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:39.866157 [LOG] [Core] Contacting 103.6.170.21:1194
>>> via UDP
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:39.866262 [LOG] Waiting for server response
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:39.877288 [LOG] [Core] Connecting to
>>> [103.6.170.21]:1194 (103.6.170.21) via UDP
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:49.862757 [LOG] [Core] Server poll timeout, trying next
>>> remote entry...
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:49.862852 [LOG] Resolving
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:49.866514 [LOG] [Core] Contacting 103.6.170.21:1194
>>> via UDP
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:49.866614 [LOG] Waiting for server response
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:49.875998 [LOG] [Core] Connecting to
>>> [103.6.170.21]:1194 (103.6.170.21) via UDP
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:59.863047 [LOG] [Core] Server poll timeout, trying next
>>> remote entry...
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:59.863179 [LOG] Resolving
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:59.866699 [LOG] [Core] Contacting 103.6.170.21:1194
>>> via UDP
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:59.866798 [LOG] Waiting for server response
>>> 2024-11-18 09:59:59.876724 [LOG] [Core] Connecting to
>>> [103.6.170.21]:1194 (103.6.170.21) via UDP
>>> 2024-11-18 10:00:09.863146 [LOG] [Core] Server poll timeout, trying next
>>> remote entry...
>>> 2024-11-18 10:00:09.863242 [LOG] Resolving
>>> 2024-11-18 10:00:09.867305 [LOG] [Core] Contacting 103.6.170.21:1194
>>> via UDP
>>> 2024-11-18 10:00:09.867406 [LOG] Waiting for server response
>>> 2024-11-18 10:00:09.879292 [LOG] [Core] Connecting to
>>> [103.6.170.21]:1194 (103.6.170.21) via UDP
>>> 2024-11-18 10:00:19.863499 [LOG] [Core] Server poll timeout, trying next
>>> remote entry...
>>> 2024-11-18 10:00:19.863623 [LOG] Resolving
>>> 2024-11-18 10:00:19.867758 [LOG] [Core] Contacting 103.6.170.21:1194
>>> via UDP
>>> 2024-11-18 10:00:19.867845 [LOG] Waiting for server response
>>> 2024-11-18 10:00:19.879066 [LOG] [Core] Connecting to
>>> [103.6.170.21]:1194 (103.6.170.21) via UDP
>>> ^C
>>> Disconnecting...
>>> Connection statistics:
>>>                      BYTES_OUT: 2814
>>>                    PACKETS_OUT: 67
>>>                    N_RECONNECT: 6
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> This needs to stop.  This is not a CVE.  This is an OpenVPN server which
>>> doesn't respond on port 1194/udp.
>>>
>>> If you want to keep some kind of credibility with any security teams,
>>> you need to back down and spend time looking for real issues and
>>> document it far better.  And you will need to provide the server side
>>> perspective as well, not just the client side.
>>>
>>> Once again: Clients not being able to connect to the server because of
>>> network connectivity issues is not a CVE.
>>>
>>>
>>> This case is closed.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> kind regards,
>>>
>>> David Sommerseth
>>> OpenVPN Inc
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 18/11/2024 08:37, נתי שטרן wrote:
>>> > What can I do to assign a CVE?
>>> >   I attached the CVE team of ISRAEL CERT  to conversation
>>> >
>>> > tnx
>>> >
>>> > ‫בתאריך יום ב׳, 18 בנוב׳ 2024 ב-9:29 מאת ‪Илья Шипицин‬‏
>>> > <‪chipits...@gmail.com <mailto:chipits...@gmail.com>‬‏>:‬
>>> >
>>> >     As many details as possible. Configuration file usually helps.
>>> >
>>> >     Other than that also server side logs are nice to have. As well as
>>> >     the detailed repro steps
>>> >
>>> >     On Mon, Nov 18, 2024, 08:27 נתי שטרן <nsh...@gmail.com
>>> >     <mailto:nsh...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >         Do you want the configuration file?
>>> >
>>> >         ‫בתאריך יום ב׳, 18 בנוב׳ 2024 ב-9:14 מאת ‪Gert Doering‬‏
>>> >         <‪g...@greenie.muc.de <mailto:g...@greenie.muc.de>‬‏>:‬
>>> >
>>> >             Hi,
>>> >
>>> >             On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 09:09:57AM +0200, ?????? ????????
>>> wrote:
>>> >              > I don't have access to server logs, I sent you the
>>> client
>>> >             logs as well as
>>> >              > the line pointing to the DoS:
>>> >              > TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 5
>>> >             seconds
>>> >              > SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting
>>> >
>>> >             What makes you think it's a DoS that can be fixed by a code
>>> >             change?
>>> >
>>> >             If you break the network, programs will not be able to
>>> >             connect - and there
>>> >             is nothing "a patch to the software" will be able to fix.
>>> >
>>> >             gert
>>> >             --
>>> >             "If was one thing all people took for granted, was
>>> >             conviction that if you
>>> >               feed honest figures into a computer, honest figures come
>>> >             out. Never doubted
>>> >               it myself till I met a computer with a sense of humor."
>>> >                                           Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon
>>> >             is a Harsh Mistress
>>> >
>>> >             Gert Doering - Munich, Germany g...@greenie.muc.de
>>> >             <mailto:g...@greenie.muc.de>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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>>>
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