On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 11:39 AM, Antonio Quartulli <a...@unstable.cc> wrote:
>> Meanwhile, iOS clients (e.g. iOS 11.2.1, 11.2.2, openVPN app 1.2.5)
>> are no longer able to connect at all. The .p12 certificate looks
>> installed in the keystore, and can be reinstalled properly, but
>> selecting the certificate says "No certificates are present in the
>> Ke..."
>>
> This is unfortunately a known change in behaviour.
>
> In a nutshell: the App now has restricted access to the iOS keychain and
> can only retrieve items that were imported by the app itself.
>
> This means that .p12 files manually imported via Safari/Mail are not
> accessible by OpenVPN Connect as they are handled by iOS directly.
>
> In order to continue supporting the use of the keychain, we had to
> introduce a new file extension and associate it with OpenVPN Connect:
> .ovpn12
>
> Therefore, in order to use your PKCS#12 files with OpenVPN Connect on
> iOS, you need to change their extension from .p12 to .ovpn12 and then
> proceed as usual.
>
> When opening a .ovpn12 file with Safari/Mail OpenVPN Connect will
> automatically show up and attempt to import the key material.

Thank you very much! That helped, my iOS users are happy once more!

best regards
  Patrick

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