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    OpenVPN + wrong CRL shown - revoking Certs doesn't work in all cases

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    • jimpJ
      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
      last edited by

      So if you revoke a certificate on the CRL, does it work? Does it still just not like an empty CRL? (Well, it's a valid CRL, just doesn't have any certificates revoked in it)

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        Nachtfalke
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        I know what you mean - and - you are right.
        I created a new certificate and revoked it - so the CRL isn't empty anymore.
        An now I can connect with an other certificate which isn't revoked.

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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          What if you then remove that certificate from the CRL so it's "empty" again?

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            Nachtfalke
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            @jimp:

            What if you then remove that certificate from the CRL so it's "empty" again?

            Sorry for my late reply.

            I created a new OpenVPN server, server cert, two user certs. One for use and one for putting into the crl.
            First try with the default empty CRL: FAILED
            second try with a revoked cert in the CRL: WORKED
            third try with cancelling the revocation and an empty CRL again: WORKED

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              eskild
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              I have also tested with an empty CRL today, and the OpenVPN entity stopped. I have not tested with entries in CRL.

              Jul 13 16:27:15 openvpn[7903]: 192.168.123.68:1194 /usr/local/sbin/ovpn-linkdown ovpns1 1500 1558 192.168.102.1 192.168.102.2 init
              Jul 13 16:27:15 openvpn[7903]: 192.168.123.68:1194 Exiting
              Jul 13 16:27:15 openvpn[7903]: 192.168.123.68:1194 CRL: cannot read CRL from file /var/etc/openvpn/server1.crl-verify
              Jul 13 16:27:15 openvpn[7903]: 192.168.123.68:1194 LZO compression initialized
              Jul 13 16:27:15 openvpn[7903]: 192.168.123.68:1194 Re-using SSL/TLS context

              2.0-RC3 (i386)
              built on Tue Jul 12 21:45:04 EDT 2011

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              • jimpJ
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                last edited by

                Is the CRL file it mentions empty (zero bytes) when it fails, or does it have something in it?

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                  eskild
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                  Yes, it seems to be 0 byte:

                  -rw–-----  1 root  wheel    0 Jul 13 16:27 server1.crl-verify
                  -rw-------  1 root  wheel    0 Jul 13 09:04 server2.crl-verify

                  BR,
                  //Eskild

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                  • jimpJ
                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                    last edited by

                    That would be the problem then.

                    I thought I had committed a fix for that before, I'll have to look into it again. Might be a couple days though.

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                    • jimpJ
                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                      last edited by

                      Try it with these changes:

                      https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/2ce206b048e8496e84f732556219e18290c5481c

                      (Or wait for a snapshot that includes those changes)

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                        eskild
                        last edited by

                        Thanks jimp,
                        the CRL is no longer empty, and works as expected.

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                          Nachtfalke
                          last edited by

                          @eskild:

                          Thanks jimp,
                          the CRL is no longer empty, and works as expected.

                          Did you try this with a new created CRL which has no certificates revoked in it ? (You remember, creating CRL, revoke a cert, cancel the revocation and then testing?)

                          I am at home for some days now and it wouldn't be fine, if I crash my OpenVPN and could not access the machine anymore untill I am back at work ;-)

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                          • jimpJ
                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                            @Nachtfalke:

                            Did you try this with a new created CRL which has no certificates revoked in it ? (You remember, creating CRL, revoke a cert, cancel the revocation and then testing?)

                            I am at home for some days now and it wouldn't be fine, if I crash my OpenVPN and could not access the machine anymore untill I am back at work ;-)

                            I did, and the CRL is no longer empty even when it has no certificates in it.

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                              Nachtfalke
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                              Hi,

                              I am using amd64 snapshot from 15 july.

                              I know there were some fixes before this snapshot. I created a cert some days before this snapshot called "test". I revoked it with the according CRL and it worked. No I wanted to cancel the revocation and wanted to delete the Cert "test" from the according CRL. It couldn't be deleted. It still exists there if I am deleteing it from "certificates".

                              If I create a new cert with same CA and same CN called "test" it appears again and as revoked. Then I am still not able to delete this cert from the CRL.

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                              • jimpJ
                                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                last edited by

                                So you click the "x" on the CRL view, and what happens? Nothing? An error? Something else?

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                                  Nachtfalke
                                  last edited by

                                  There comes a question if I would like to delete the cert from the CRL. I click OK. Then the cert disappears from the list. If I click again on the "Certificate revocation" tab, then the cert is again in the crl.

                                  No visible error message.

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                                  • jimpJ
                                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                    last edited by

                                    Should be OK now, I just pushed a fix.

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                                      Nachtfalke
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi,

                                      I did some tests with 2.0-RC3 (amd64) built on Thu Jul 28 05:40:09 EDT 2011.

                                      Deleting revoked certs of a CRL is working now as expected.
                                      Allow and deny access is working as it should. I tested it several times with revoking a cert and then deleting the revocation.

                                      Thanks jimp!

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