Hi Gert,

On 25/07/16 22:04, Gert Doering wrote:
> Hi,
>
> has anyone ever used "--cipher" without an argument?  If yes, what is the
> intended usage?  It sort of "tells openvpn we want crypto!" but does not
> go into detail about it...
>
> Normally, this would just be a random weird option, but I ran across
>
>    --cipher none --cipher
>
> which first tells openvpn "nah, we do not want anything!" and sets
> a pointer to NULL, and then tells openvpn "but please *do* use the
> ciphers already setup!", which core dumps.
>
> This is not remotely exploitable, so not a *security* issue, but a bit
> stupid nonetheless - so I propose we just throw out "--cipher" with
> no arguments (--cipher none, or --cipher bf-cbc would, of course,
> continue to work).
>
> Anyone having a good argument against it?  JJK, do you happen to know
> what this is about?
>
this is from even before my time ;)
I didn't even know that you could specify cipher without an argument - 
let's disable this (and I assume the same is true for --auth ?)

JJK


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