This option was removed in 2.5 (commit c3f565f059) but still showed up in the ``openvpn --help`` text and in a Q&A section of the man page.
Change-Id: Ib15bd4148872db39a4c8291796a5da211bb20a87 Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <[email protected]> Acked-by: Frank Lichtenheld <[email protected]> Gerrit URL: https://gerrit.openvpn.net/c/openvpn/+/1411 --- This change was reviewed on Gerrit and approved by at least one developer. I request to merge it to master. Gerrit URL: https://gerrit.openvpn.net/c/openvpn/+/1411 This mail reflects revision 1 of this Change. Acked-by according to Gerrit (reflected above): Frank Lichtenheld <[email protected]> diff --git a/doc/man-sections/script-options.rst b/doc/man-sections/script-options.rst index 670cd33..cadd464 100644 --- a/doc/man-sections/script-options.rst +++ b/doc/man-sections/script-options.rst @@ -571,8 +571,8 @@ a filename, etc. *Q: Can string remapping be disabled?* - Yes, by using the ``--no-name-remapping`` option, however this - should be considered an advanced option. + No. The options ``--no-name-remapping`` and ``--compat-names`` have + been removed in 2.5 because they were considered too insecure. Here is a brief rundown of OpenVPN's current string types and the permitted character class for each string: diff --git a/src/openvpn/options.c b/src/openvpn/options.c index 4794315..0257418f 100644 --- a/src/openvpn/options.c +++ b/src/openvpn/options.c @@ -474,8 +474,6 @@ " for generated tokens can be set.\n" "--auth-user-pass-optional : Allow connections by clients that don't\n" " specify a username/password.\n" - "--no-name-remapping : (DEPRECATED) Allow Common Name and X509 Subject to include\n" - " any printable character.\n" "--client-to-client : Internally route client-to-client traffic.\n" "--duplicate-cn : Allow multiple clients with the same common name to\n" " concurrently connect.\n" _______________________________________________ Openvpn-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
