OpenVPN for iOS - Finally Available!

jimp

Which Android client are you using?

If it's the "OpenVPN Connect" client it may suffer the same limits as the iOS app.

I use this app on Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.blinkt.openvpn

asterix

I am using OpenVPN Connect

jimp

then that explains it :-)

I'll have to find a way to reword the choices to make that clearer… but the client we link to on the doc wiki for Android is the one I linked above. I haven't tried OpenVPN connect on Android but it appears to function the same as the iOS app so the same config should work for both.

The client I linked for Android, IMO, is better. You can adjust many of the config options directly in the GUI rather than re-importing to make any changes.

jimp

Updated the export package again, reworded the links a little. Also added a list of links to recommended and other clients at the bottom of the page.

asterix

meh ::)

LOL !.. well at least that clarifies some confusion. The iOS/Android config download link still has iOS mentioned.. might get a bit confusing for first timers.

jimp

No there are two options for android, "Android" (for OpenVPN for Android) and "OpenVPN Connect (Android/iOS)" (for OpenVPN connect on both platforms).

The "iOS" config was not specific to iOS, it's only specific to the OpenVPN connect app.

At least their quirks are cross-platform. :-)

asterix

Ya well I don't see "OpenVPN for Android" written next to them..

This is what I see

Inline Configurations:
Android OpenVPN Connect (iOS/Android) Others

jimp

Yeah there's not a ton of room there to write it all out. I had to make room to put in what is there. I'm hoping someone is smart enough that if they installed OpenVPN Connect they'll at least consider the option of clicking the name of the client they did install.

Or they'll be smarter and not install OpenVPN Connect on Android :p

asterix

Well I tried OpenVPN for Android.. as you recommended.. now I get this error while importing the android config

Error reading config file
Option tls-remote has 2 parameters, expected between 1 and 1

Moving back to my iOS config on the Android. That works on this new client as well.

jimp

check the box to quote the server cn before exporting.

And in the future, don't put spaces in your certificate common names. :-)

asterix

Finally.. that worked. Thanks!

Why is the iOS config not affected by the space?

jimp

It doesn't support tls-remote so that line is left out entirely for the OpenVPN Connect config.

The OpenVPN connect config will also work in the OpenVPN for Android client but it is missing a few lines that can be beneficial for security reasons (like tls-remote)

JoeGTN1

My fix to continual:

Jan 21 13:38:51 openvpn[26787]: xyz123/xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxxx TLS Error: incoming packet authentication failed from [AF_INET]xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxxx
Jan 21 13:38:51 openvpn[26787]: xyz123/xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxxx Authenticate/Decrypt packet error: bad packet ID (may be a replay): [ #120 / time = (1358793515) Mon Jan 21 13:38:35 2013 ] – see the man page entry for --no-replay and --replay-window for more info or silence this warning with --mute-replay-warnings

Was to not use: reneg-sec 0 in the client config. Most clients think this means to use what the server uses. Apparently iOS and Android think this means just keep renegotiating forever. reneg-sec 21600 works fine. It would be nice if renegotiation didn't require re-entry of a (new) OTP…

x2desmit

I can't believe how easy this was. Worked the first time, except for a restrictive firewall rule. This is great work! 8)

trans_lux

Wow works great!
Am I missing something or can you only have one profile in the phone/app at a time?
Every time I import another cofig for a different router it blows out the one that's installed.

jimp

Do your firewalls have unique hostnames? I thought I had multiple profiles in the other day when testing, but I think all of mine had different hostnames and thus different exported filenames and such.

trans_lux

Yes different host names, confirmed on the iPad as well, only one profile at a time ???

johnpoz

I currently have 4 profiles to the same box. One is tcp on 443, and other is udp on standard 1194 port. Then 2 more with those same settings other routing all traffic through the vpn.

You could have as many configs as you would I would think all pointing to the same server if you just just call the ovpn file something different for import.

athurdent

There's an update for the iPhone Configuration Utility, OpenVPN can now be preconfigured, too.

JanG

Hello,

the default config works well since my first try. Nice Work!
Just one Question: Is is possible to require a password before the VPN-Connection is established?

Jan