[Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Corrections to doc/openvpn.8

2017-08-19 Thread fragmentux
From: Richard Bonhomme Correct usage example: --verify-x509-name name-stub- name-prefix This was to correct "--verfiy-x509-name Server -name-prexif" to "--verify-x509-name Server- name-prefix" Escape all dashes (with some exceptions) Due to the nature of this patch mista

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] systemd: Enable systemd's auto-restart feature for server profiles

2017-09-07 Thread fragmentux
Hi, On 07/09/17 00:52, David Sommerseth wrote: Systemd supervises services it has started and can act upon unexpected scenarios. This change will restart OpenVPN after 5 seconds if the OpenVPN process exits unexpectedly. Define "unexpectedly" (my2c: something needs to be fixed) The on-failu

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] systemd: Enable systemd's auto-restart feature for server profiles

2017-09-07 Thread fragmentux
t@.service (speaks for itself) Or rather include extra .service files in ./contrib. as samples or such. regards, On 07/09/17 16:46, David Sommerseth wrote: On 07/09/17 17:08, fragmentux wrote: Hi, On 07/09/17 00:52, David Sommerseth wrote: Systemd supervises services it has started and ca

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] systemd: Enable systemd's auto-restart feature for server profiles

2017-09-07 Thread fragmentux
Hi, On 07/09/17 23:55, David Sommerseth wrote: On 07/09/17 23:02, fragmentux wrote: i, all your comment are totally valid from a sys-admin point of view but from an openvpn POV, the only responsibility is to provide a secure VPN. Use all of systemd's functions to maximize openvpn'

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] systemd: Enable systemd's auto-restart feature for server profiles

2017-09-07 Thread fragmentux
WRT systemd and 3rd party 'servers' I am curious to know of any other "Server service" who decide .. to *rely* on .. a *forced* 'systemd (almost) unconditional restart by default' Regards, -- Check out the vibrant tech

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] systemd: Enable systemd's auto-restart feature for server profiles

2017-09-07 Thread fragmentux
Hi, On 08/09/17 02:30, Steven Haigh wrote: On 2017-09-08 10:41, fragmentux wrote: WRT systemd and 3rd party 'servers' I am curious to know of any other "Server service" who decide .. to *rely* on .. a *forced* 'systemd (almost) unconditional restart by default'

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] systemd: Enable systemd's auto-restart feature for server profiles

2017-09-07 Thread fragmentux
On 08/09/17 02:45, fragmentux wrote: Hi, On 08/09/17 02:30, Steven Haigh wrote: On 2017-09-08 10:41, fragmentux wrote: WRT systemd and 3rd party 'servers' I am curious to know of any other "Server service" who decide .. to *rely* on .. a *forced* 'systemd (almost)

[Openvpn-devel] [openvpn-devel] Forum upgrade problems

2017-09-14 Thread fragmentux
The forum upgrade has broken the following BBCodes. 1. [quote="Name"] "Name" is no longer shown. 2. [code] Appears to strip out all newline / CRLF. 3. [oconf=x] Appears to strip off last line. 4. [list] Always inserts a bullet point even if no [*] is used. --

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [openvpn-devel] Forum upgrade problems

2017-09-15 Thread fragmentux
ic Crist On Sep 14, 2017, at 6:36 AM, fragmentux wrote: The forum upgrade has broken the following BBCodes. 1. [quote="Name"] "Name" is no longer shown. 2. [code] Appears to strip out all newline / CRLF. 3. [oconf=x] Appears to strip off last line. 4. [lis

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [openvpn-devel] Forum upgrade problems

2017-09-18 Thread fragmentux
14, 2017, at 6:36 AM, fragmentux wrote: The forum upgrade has broken the following BBCodes. 1. [quote="Name"] "Name" is no longer shown. 2. [code] Appears to strip out all newline / CRLF.

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [openvpn-devel] Forum upgrade problems

2017-09-19 Thread fragmentux
stuff is something I can share. I’ll post to github this afternoon. This white space problem appears to be a known “feature”. Eric Crist On Sep 18, 2017, at 4:26 PM, fragmentux wrote: Any update ? here is a good example of the problem: https://forums.openvpn.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=24

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [openvpn-devel] Forum upgrade problems

2017-09-19 Thread fragmentux
for you? Jim-A: no .. neither with or without quotes (eg: ="Name" or =Name) work This should work, and does at my testing board as well. So it seems something related to the bbcode parser has problems at your board. These aren't known bugs. ok thanks again On 19/09/17 12:17, fragmen

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [openvpn-devel] Forum upgrade problems

2017-09-20 Thread fragmentux
mething I can share. I’ll post to github this afternoon. This white space problem appears to be a known “feature”. Eric Crist On Sep 18, 2017, at 4:26 PM, fragmentux wrote: Any update ? here is a good example of the problem: https://forums.openvpn.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=24907 On 14/09/17

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [openvpn-devel] Forum upgrade problems

2017-09-20 Thread fragmentux
other messages. --- Eric F Crist On 2017-09-18 16:29, Eric Crist wrote: The oconf stuff is something I can share. I’ll post to github this afternoon. This white space problem appears to be a known “feature”. Eric Crist On Sep 18, 2017, at 4:26 PM, fragmentux wrote: Any update ? here is a good

[Openvpn-devel] Howto duplication

2017-09-24 Thread fragmentux
The HOWTO repeats itself following the last item: https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html#secnotes scroll down from there and below what is meant to be the last line: Try our new VPN Service https://www.privatetunnel.com Copyright © 2002-2013 by OpenVPN Technologies

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Howto duplication

2017-09-25 Thread fragmentux
On 25/09/17 09:24, Samuli Seppänen wrote: On 24/09/2017 15:01, fragmentux wrote: The HOWTO repeats itself following the last item: https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html#secnotes scroll down from there and below what is meant to be the last line: Try our new

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Too much output at --verb 0 (bug?)

2017-09-28 Thread fragmentux
SF bounced this .. resending On 27/09/17 15:57, fragmentux wrote: Hi, not sure if this really counts as a bug but .. according to the manual --verb 0 = "No output except fatal errors" This, however, is the output at --verb 0 (2.4.4) == Start client: Option 'explicit-exit-n

Re: [Openvpn-devel] suggestion: --verb 0 minor change

2017-09-28 Thread fragmentux
SF Bounced this .. resending. On 27/09/17 15:31, fragmentux wrote: On 27/09/17 14:47, fragmentux wrote: On 27/09/17 14:36, fragmentux wrote: Hi, I just upgraded a bunch of clients to 2.4.4 and although I was fairly sure they all started using the upgraded version I was not totally sure

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Too much output at --verb 0 (bug?)

2017-10-01 Thread fragmentux
Howdy On 01/10/17 04:25, Selva wrote: Hi, On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Gert Doering wrote: Hi, On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 01:18:20PM +0100, fragmentux wrote: Could you please fix your mail client settings so that it writes a proper name here? maybe On 27/09/17 15:57, fragmentux

[Openvpn-devel] Suggestion: openvpn-GUI --help style

2017-11-23 Thread fragmentux
Hi, I would like to suggest that, instead of having to run the GUI to retrieve the help, like so: 'C:\Program Files\Openvpn\bin\openvpn-gui --help' the 'help window' can be retrieved via the GUI itself. A menu option or Help button .. Otherwise, because teh GUI is set on install to run by defa

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH 1/3 v4] Fix --tls-version-min and --tls-version-max for OpenSSL 1.1+

2018-01-19 Thread fragmentux
hello On 19/01/18 21:58, Selva Nair wrote: Hi, Thanks for last and final v4 :) On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 4:27 PM, Steffan Karger wrote: As described in <80e6b449-c536-dc87-7215-3693872bc...@birkenwald.de> on the openvpn-devel mailing list, --tls-version-min no longer works with OpenSSL 1.1.

Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH 2/2] PF: never drop essential ICMPv6 packets

2018-02-23 Thread fragmentux
Hi, any chance this can be moved forward ? I have tested a server on Windows 10 and Linux (Various) and it all appears to work ok. The question below appears to be an outstanding issue. Thanks On 02/12/17 16:49, Antonio Quartulli wrote: On 03/12/17 00:47, Arne Schwabe wrote: Am 02.12.17

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Summary of the community meeting (Wed, 21st Mar 2018)

2018-03-26 Thread fragmentux
e true path but I restored all machines to the .201.0/24 subnet and found my asymmetry had gone. Aping your favourite sig. "HTH" somehow :-) Best regards fragmentux (aka tincantech) -- Check out the vibrant tech

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Summary of the community meeting (Wed, 21st Mar 2018)

2018-03-26 Thread fragmentux
On 26/03/18 22:21, fragmentux wrote: On 22/03/18 19:33, Jan Just Keijser wrote: Hi Selva, On 22/03/18 18:12, Selva Nair wrote: On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 12:16 PM, Jan Just Keijser wrote: Hi Eric, all, On 22/03/18 04:25, Eric Thorpe wrote: Hi All, One of the Viscosity developers here

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Summary of the community meeting (Wed, 21st Mar 2018)

2018-03-26 Thread fragmentux
I am not convinced 'iperf -r' is reliable (bold claim maybe .. ) iperf3 have dropped -r in favour of -R "reverse mode" server sends and client receives. but not both on the same run .. After numerous hangs and some bazaar results with iperf2 i opted to upgrade to iperf3 .. still some slightly od

Re: [Openvpn-devel] New tap-windows6 driver (9.21.3) available for testing

2018-04-16 Thread fragmentux
Hi, I have successfully installed and am currently using this driver on Windows 10 fully upto date. Aside from the usual windblows crap (new layers of BS between *Programs and Features and Network Connections .. you know what I mean) the installation went smoothly. However, some issues encoun

Re: [Openvpn-devel] New tap-windows6 driver (9.21.3) available for testing

2018-04-18 Thread fragmentux
On 18/04/18 08:19, Samuli Seppänen wrote: Hi, A couple of follow-up questions from a fellow tap-windows6 builder: - Is you Windows 10 system a clean install (not upgraded from 7/8)? This system was upgraded from Win 7 - Is secure boot turned on? No .. no UEFI - Is your Windows 10 64-b

Re: [Openvpn-devel] Does the OpenVPN protocol itself handle windowing?

2018-05-07 Thread fragmentux
I found this site to have some useful information about iperf.x: https://fasterdata.es.net/performance-testing/network-troubleshooting-tools/throughput-tool-comparision/ -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of t