Re: [Openvpn-users] Using username/password authentication

2023-09-05 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Mon, Sep 04, 2023 at 11:29:58AM -0700, blz wrote: > Shouldn't that be *ta.key*, not *ta.crt* ? I have never seen a ta.crt in all > my years using OpenVPN. I have always known it to be a key file rather than > a certificate. Searching online the only occurrences that I can find are > random

Re: [Openvpn-users] Using username/password authentication

2023-09-04 Thread blz
On 8/30/23 07:06, Gert Doering wrote: Hi, On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 01:53:40PM +, Jason Long via Openvpn-users wrote: Thank you so much for your reply. As I understand, The "ca.crt" and "ta.crt" keys are mandatory. I disabled the "ta.crt" in Client.ovpn file and I got the following error:

Re: [Openvpn-users] Using username/password authentication

2023-09-02 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Fri, Sep 01, 2023 at 08:50:30AM +, Jason Long wrote: > Hello,Thanks again.I will.In the end, I want to know if it is possible to > connect the server and the client without any key? No. You want encryption, and you need keys for that. gert -- "If was one thing all people took for

Re: [Openvpn-users] Using username/password authentication

2023-09-01 Thread Bo Berglund
On Fri, 1 Sep 2023 11:07:02 +0200, David Sommerseth wrote: >Before you ask more questions. Please do your homework and do some >googling and reading first. The terminologies used here are industry >standard. +1 (or maybe +100) -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden

Re: [Openvpn-users] Using username/password authentication

2023-09-01 Thread David Sommerseth
On 01/09/2023 10:50, Jason Long wrote: On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 5:36 PM, Gert Doering [...snip...] I will. Good! (Since you yet again snip things out of context, I do sincerely hope this is about getting copies of the OpenVPN books). In the end, I want to know if it is possible

Re: [Openvpn-users] Using username/password authentication

2023-09-01 Thread Jason Long via Openvpn-users
On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 5:36 PM, Gert Doering wrote: >Hi, >On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 01:53:40PM +, >Jason Long via Openvpn-users wrote: > Thank you so much for your reply. > As I understand, The "ca.crt" and "ta.crt" keys  >are mandatory. I disabled > the "ta.crt" in >Client.ovpn file and I

Re: [Openvpn-users] Using username/password authentication

2023-08-30 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 01:53:40PM +, Jason Long via Openvpn-users wrote: > Thank you so much for your reply. > As I understand, The "ca.crt" and "ta.crt" keys are mandatory. I disabled the > "ta.crt" in Client.ovpn file and I got the following error: ta.crt is outside the "basic" TLS

Re: [Openvpn-users] Using username/password authentication

2023-08-30 Thread Jason Long via Openvpn-users
>On 30/08/2023 07:45, Jason Long via Openvpn-users wrote: > Hello, > I configured OpenVPN to use the username and password for authentication, but > I need to have the "ca.crt", "cert server.crt", "server.key" and "dh.pem" > certificates. >There are 2 sets of certificates and keys. >* Server

Re: [Openvpn-users] Using username/password authentication

2023-08-30 Thread David Sommerseth
On 30/08/2023 07:45, Jason Long via Openvpn-users wrote: Hello, I configured OpenVPN to use the username and password for authentication, but I need to have the "ca.crt", "cert server.crt", "server.key" and "dh.pem" certificates. There are 2 sets of certificates and keys. * Server side: Uses

Re: [Openvpn-users] Using username/password authentication

2023-08-30 Thread Jochen Bern
On 30.08.23 07:45, Jason Long via Openvpn-users wrote: Hello, I configured OpenVPN to use the username and password for authentication, but I need to have the "ca.crt", "cert server.crt", "server.key" and "dh.pem" certificates. So, what's the advantage of using this authentication method when I

[Openvpn-users] Using username/password authentication

2023-08-29 Thread Jason Long via Openvpn-users
Hello, I configured OpenVPN to use the username and password for authentication, but I need to have the "ca.crt", "cert server.crt", "server.key" and "dh.pem" certificates. So, what's the advantage of using this authentication method when I still need to use these keys? Thank you.