Hi, On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 06:00:48PM +0200, Lisa Minogue wrote: > > I can't confirm that 2.3.2 and 2.3.4 are equal from a security point of > > view, because as Gert said, any version change could bring in new > > [security] bugs :). > > Please clarify for me and possibly for those who are interested in this issue. > > On the page entitled "Overview of changes in OpenVPN v2.3" (url: > https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/ChangesInOpenvpn23), as one moves > from version 2.3.2 to 2.3.3, there are more than 20 fixes by various OpenVPN > developers. And again from version 2.3.3 to 2.3.4 there are a few more fixes.
Those are bugfixes, but not *security* fixes. Like, some seldom-used
functionality not working right on some of the supported OSes (like
the route-gateway stuff, which only affects *client* use on some of the
BSDs).
> Are those fixes soley for Windows platform? Do the fixes apply to Linux
> platforms as well? If yes, don't you think it's better for me to compile an
> OpenVPN package binary (version 2.3.4) for OpenBSD if I wish to use OpenBSD
> as my primary OS?
I'm not sure OpenBSD is the right OS for you. OpenBSD will require that
you get friends with the ports system, how to compile software from
packages, and so on.
gert
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