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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @JKnott
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      @jknott said in OpenVPN 2.5 released - Overview of changes:

      it will fix the issues we're seeing.

      Not seeing any issues, have both outbound to open access server. And inbound from different clients.. ZERO issues.. Both outbound and inbound working with zero need to do anything after upgrade.

      If you had some odd config that was causing you problems with the new version of openvpn, not sure how upgrade to 2.5.1 openvpn is going to correct whatever current configuration issue you have.

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      • JKnottJ
        JKnott @johnpoz
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        @johnpoz

        Initially, I used the config from the previous pfsense version, which worked there, but failed with 2.5.0. I then started a new config from scratch, which also didn't work. I can connect if my notebook is connected to my local LAN (yeah, real useful), but not if I connect from outside my network. This tells me the config for OpenVPN is correct, otherwise I couldn't connect at all, but something is preventing it from working from elsewhere. What that something is, I haven't a clue, as I have never seen anything like this before.

        As I mentioned in another thread, I have been setting up VPNs for almost 20 years, going back to CIPE on Redhat Linux, but also IPSec in my work and OpenVPN on my home network, so I'm not exactly a newbie at this.

        PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
        i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
        UniFi AC-Lite access point

        I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by jimp

          Probably best to keep discussions of issues on their own threads. A lot changed in OpenVPN 2.5.0, and we tried to make the upgrade smooth, but there is only so much we can do for one side or the other to cope with the changes as well as to ensure we're not using deprecated features. There are some OS-level issues that can contribute to problems (like some reported issues with reply-to) but also some things are out of our control (like servers with unexpected data cipher lists that weren't used before, but are now).

          Most of the individual threads I've seen have had a variety of misunderstandings but eventually got solved one way or another before I could chime in.

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          • Bob.DigB
            Bob.Dig LAYER 8
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            OpenVPN 2.5.2 released

            It fixes two related security vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-15078) which under very specific circumstances allow tricking a server using delayed authentication (plugin or management) into returning a PUSH_REPLY before the AUTH_FAILED message, which can possibly be used to gather information about a VPN setup. In combination with “–auth-gen-token” or a user-specific token auth solution it can be possible to get access to a VPN with an otherwise-invalid account. OpenVPN 2.5.2 also includes other bug fixes and improvements. Updated OpenSSL and OpenVPN GUI are included in Windows installers.

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            • GertjanG
              Gertjan @Bob.Dig
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              @bob-dig

              Yeah, thanks. That will be good.
              It's time for some new issues ;)

              No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
              Edit : and where are the logs ??

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              • Bob.DigB
                Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @Gertjan
                last edited by

                @gertjan pfSense 2.5.2 is due anyways. 😁

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                • Bob.DigB
                  Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @Bob.Dig
                  last edited by Bob.Dig

                  OpenVPN 2.5.3 released, working fine so far.

                  Bugfixes

                  CVE-2121-3606 see https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/SecurityAnnouncements
                  
                  OpenVPN windows builds could possibly load OpenSSL Config files from world writeable locations, thus posing a security risk to OpenVPN.
                  
                  As a fix, disable OpenSSL config loading completely on Windows.
                  
                  disable connect-retry backoff for p2p (--secret) instances (Trac #1010, #1384)
                  
                  fix build with mbedtls w/o SSL renegotiation support
                  
                  Fix SIGSEGV (NULL deref) receiving push "echo" (Trac #1409)
                  
                  MSI installers: properly schedule reboot in the end of installation
                  
                  fix small memory leak in free_key_ctx for auth_token
                  

                  User-visible Changes

                  update copyright messages in files and --version output
                  

                  New features

                  add --auth-token-user option (for --auth-token deployments without --auth-user-pass in client config)
                  improve MSVC building for Windows
                  official MSI installers will now contain arm64 drivers and binaries (x86, amd64, arm64)
                  
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                  • B
                    bcruze @Bob.Dig
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                    @bob-dig said in OpenVPN 2.5 released - Overview of changes:

                    OpenVPN 2.5.3 released, working fine so far.

                    Bugfixes

                    CVE-2121-3606 see https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/SecurityAnnouncements
                    
                    OpenVPN windows builds could possibly load OpenSSL Config files from world writeable locations, thus posing a security risk to OpenVPN.
                    
                    As a fix, disable OpenSSL config loading completely on Windows.
                    
                    disable connect-retry backoff for p2p (--secret) instances (Trac #1010, #1384)
                    
                    fix build with mbedtls w/o SSL renegotiation support
                    
                    Fix SIGSEGV (NULL deref) receiving push "echo" (Trac #1409)
                    
                    MSI installers: properly schedule reboot in the end of installation
                    
                    fix small memory leak in free_key_ctx for auth_token
                    

                    User-visible Changes

                    update copyright messages in files and --version output
                    

                    New features

                    add --auth-token-user option (for --auth-token deployments without --auth-user-pass in client config)
                    improve MSVC building for Windows
                    official MSI installers will now contain arm64 drivers and binaries (x86, amd64, arm64)
                    

                    Did you update Pfsense somehow?
                    I would expect to see this in three months on the next version of plus?
                    but I could be wrong

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                    • Bob.DigB
                      Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @bcruze
                      last edited by

                      @bcruze said in OpenVPN 2.5 released - Overview of changes:

                      Did you update Pfsense somehow?

                      No, I just used the new Windows-Client with the Server on pfSense.

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