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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
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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
              last edited by

              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
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                              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.

                              CRL.jpg
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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
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                                  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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