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    Unable to connect a client to OpenVPN pfsense 2.3

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      hedi
      last edited by

      Hello,

      you must check your CA, it must be a server certification and the other one a user certification.

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
        last edited by

        Running through the wizard pretty much makes it impossible to mess up… You create the CA, then the server cert, etc..

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          emel_punk
          last edited by

          It does not work with the wizard either, so it's kind of weird…

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          • PippinP
            Pippin
            last edited by

            No one read/notice this error?

            VERIFY ERROR: depth=1, error=certificate is not yet valid:
            

            Check your certificates, date, time.

            I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then you will most likely wind up with an academic who is completely impervious to reality.
            Halton Arp

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by

              Your clients have the wrong certs from your openvpn config then?  As I mentioned before your clients are quite OLD.. 2.3.2 is very OLD client…

              How are you configuring the client??  Do you have access to your key file?

              "11:07:01 2016 WARNING: file 'key.key' is group or others accessible"

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                emel_punk
                last edited by

                The certs dates are

                
                Valid From: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:59:10 -0500
                Valid Until: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:59:10 -0500 	
                
                

                I download the Viscosity files from the client export and run "openvpn config.conf" as I have been doing before.  :'(

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                • PippinP
                  Pippin
                  last edited by

                  You start this thread on April 25, 2016, 06:09:56 pm and your certificate is
                  Valid From: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:59:10 -0500

                  Maybe today you will be lucky  :)

                  I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then you will most likely wind up with an academic who is completely impervious to reality.
                  Halton Arp

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                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                    last edited by

                    "error=certificate is not yet valid"

                    good catch.. So your time on your pfsense is OFF would seem, if you ran through the wizard and created those dates..

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                      emel_punk
                      last edited by

                      Dude I have erased and created the certs a lot, the last time was today….

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                      • PippinP
                        Pippin
                        last edited by

                        The log message you posted…. never mind.

                        I also see version 2.3.2 eurephia version, try the latest if possible, dude

                        I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then you will most likely wind up with an academic who is completely impervious to reality.
                        Halton Arp

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                          emel_punk
                          last edited by

                          guys, i have recorded what I do to configure so please check out here and tell me what I am doing wrong.

                          Youtube Video

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                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                            last edited by

                            I tried watching that.. its horrific… Why don't you just take some screen shots, and post them??  Vs that up and down, its so freaking blurry can not even tell what your doing..

                            Why are you trying to use the viscosity config in a linux client?

                            viscosity.png
                            viscosity.png_thumb

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                            Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
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                            • PippinP
                              Pippin
                              last edited by

                              Almost 3 years… ;)

                              I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then you will most likely wind up with an academic who is completely impervious to reality.
                              Halton Arp

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                                emel_punk
                                last edited by

                                Sorry to all, but my problem was not the version… I had my timezone set to "Universal", so the  error=certificate is not yet valid was the mismatch between the server and my computer's time

                                Both versions of openvpn 2.3.2 and 2.3.10 now work fine.

                                Thank you to all you people.

                                One last question, where do I put a label to the post as resolved?

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                                  divsys
                                  last edited by

                                  Go to your first posted message and click "Modify", change the title to add "[Solved]".

                                  -jfp

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                                  • johnpozJ
                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    Being in different timezones is not a problem..  But having the wrong time while your in a timezone sure going to have a problem ;)

                                    Why you should always sync off ntp ;)  Which set your time correct for the timezone your in..

                                    But you still have a really OLD client, why would you not updated that… But maybe its because your running on a linux distro that last update was what 2011?

                                    An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                                    If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                                    Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
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