On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 8:52 AM, WheelDweller <wheeldwel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not only "Yes", but is there some manual workaround for it? My > understanding of certificates is on-par with my understanding of how > network television shows are picked. :) > > NetworkManager (0.7) mentions a "User Certificate", is this what they're > talking about?
There is no manual workaround except using openvpn from the command line. Basically, in order to connect to an OpenVPN server using certificates, you need to things: a user certifiate (obviously) and the associated "private key" that goes with the certificate. OpenVPN enables you to specify these two elements either as two separate files (cert file and key file), or as a single standardised (PKCS#12) bundle that contains both certifiate and private key and is usually protected by a password. The idea is to add an option to choose either PKCS#12 or Certificate + key files in the configuration dialog. As a sidenote, using P12 is much more convenient, and is, to the best of my knowledge, the most common way of handling certificate+private key short of storing them in a smart card or security dongle. -- networkmanager-openvpn does not support pkcs12 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225133 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
