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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
      last edited by johnpoz

      Im talking about the server - that section whre you select the algo is missing?

      here.png

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      • kiokomanK
        kiokoman LAYER 8
        last edited by kiokoman

        the screenshot are all from the server,
        the resulting config file is as follow

        [2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][root@pfSense.kiokoman.home]/etc/inc: cat /var/etc/openvpn/server1/config.ovpn
        dev ovpns1
        verb 1
        dev-type tun
        dev-node /dev/tun1
        writepid /var/run/openvpn_server1.pid
        #user nobody
        #group nobody
        script-security 3
        daemon
        keepalive 10 60
        ping-timer-rem
        persist-tun
        persist-key
        proto udp4
        auth SHA256
        up /usr/local/sbin/ovpn-linkup
        down /usr/local/sbin/ovpn-linkdown
        local xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
        engine rdrand
        ifconfig 10.0.8.1 10.0.8.2
        lport 1194
        management /var/etc/openvpn/server1/sock unix
        route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0
        route 172.16.0.0 255.255.255.0
        secret /var/etc/openvpn/server1/secret
        allow-compression asym
        sndbuf 524288
        rcvbuf 524288
        fragment 1450
        
        mssfix 1450
        
        cipher AES-256-CBC
        

        check the latest screenshot i have added after you wrote

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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          Where in your config is your ncp ciphers?

          ncp-ciphers AES-128-GCM:AES-192-GCM:AES-256-GCM:AES-128-CBC:AES-192-CBC:AES-256-CBC
          

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          • kiokomanK
            kiokoman LAYER 8 @johnpoz
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            @johnpoz
            that's the point 😂

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by johnpoz

              So your saying that option is missing to set in the gui in 2.5?

              Oh your drawing all snipped up - I use faststone which has an autoscroller for taking long screens.

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              • kiokomanK
                kiokoman LAYER 8
                last edited by

                it is available in the GUI but not saved inside the config

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                  I get ya now - hmmm... I don't currently have 2.5 to fire up..

                  For clarity besides saying lastest, you should always list the exact version your using even if saying latest.. That goes for anything firmware, software, etc.. You might want to add that.. Lets see if I can fire up a 2.5 snap to test with.

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                  • kiokomanK
                    kiokoman LAYER 8
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                    @kiokoman said in Openvpn missing option inside config.ovpn:

                    Version 2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT (amd64)
                    built on Sun Nov 08 13:03:56 EST 2020
                    FreeBSD 12.2-STABLE

                    faststone: 😀
                    2020-11-09_123349.jpg

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                      There you go, much better ;) just 1 picture. heheh

                      I looked I had purged the 2.5 vm I was playing with - have to reset it up to try and duplicate..

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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                        Ok - VM is up, I can try and duplicate.. But your not on the "latest"

                        latest.png

                        Nov 9 build is out..

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

                          @kiokoman said in Openvpn missing option inside config.ovpn:

                          faststone: 😀

                          Firefox can do that too. 😉

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                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                            last edited by johnpoz

                            Ok - your setup as shared key.. So yeah ncp would be disabled anyway.

                            Do you really have a shared key setup? That was working before.. I can fire up another 2.5 vm..

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                            • JeGrJ
                              JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator
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                              Maybe it's an update to OpenVPN 2.5? I checked the changelog/release log a while ago and there were quite a few changes to NCP etc.?

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                              • johnpozJ
                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                Well having a bit of problem setting up my lab..

                                Tried to add some vlans to my 2 vms, so could route those networks over the shared key vpn.. And both are crashing with this..

                                crash.png

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                                • kiokomanK
                                  kiokoman LAYER 8
                                  last edited by kiokoman

                                  it was working without any problem before the upgrade to the latest snapshot 🙄

                                  Already being worked on: #10919
                                  https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/10919

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                                  • JeGrJ
                                    JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator
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                                    Yep, as I thought, that's one of the new 2.5-series changes to handling ciphers and now "defaulting" to use ciphers alternative/additional to ncp-ciphers (that are to be renamed) etc. I saw quite a few small changes to config files that way. And I'm still not sure why the hell I should provide multiple ciphers via NCP or with ciphers: (now), if I control the server and roll out the clients. Just define a good working set like AES-256-GCM, SHA256, ECDH only with secp384r1 and be done with it. Bit annoying but once the UI will deal with it - not that much of my problem anymore. ;)

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                                    • jimpJ
                                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                      last edited by

                                      This should be all good now. It'll be in snapshots later today, or you can gitsync from a snapshot with the problem to pick up the fix.

                                      It primarily affected shared key instances. When I was testing on Friday before I committed the changes that broke it, I was primarily focused on SSL/TLS configurations and didn't spot that shared key would have ended up with nothing.

                                      Though also from the looks of it, the Data Ciphers (formerly known as NCP ciphers) may not have been working with shared key even before this.

                                      But it should be all good now on 2.5.0.

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                                      • kiokomanK
                                        kiokoman LAYER 8
                                        last edited by

                                        yes, it's ok now 👍

                                        [2.5.0-DEVELOPMENT][root@pfSense.kiokoman.home]/root: cat /var/etc/openvpn/server1/config.ovpn
                                        dev ovpns1
                                        verb 1
                                        dev-type tun
                                        dev-node /dev/tun1
                                        writepid /var/run/openvpn_server1.pid
                                        #user nobody
                                        #group nobody
                                        script-security 3
                                        daemon
                                        keepalive 10 60
                                        ping-timer-rem
                                        persist-tun
                                        persist-key
                                        proto udp4
                                        auth SHA256
                                        up /usr/local/sbin/ovpn-linkup
                                        down /usr/local/sbin/ovpn-linkdown
                                        local xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
                                        engine rdrand
                                        ifconfig 10.0.8.1 10.0.8.2
                                        lport 1194
                                        management /var/etc/openvpn/server1/sock unix
                                        route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0
                                        route 172.16.0.0 255.255.255.0
                                        secret /var/etc/openvpn/server1/secret
                                        data-ciphers AES-256-CBC:AES-256-CFB:AES-256-CFB1:AES-256-CFB8:AES-256-GCM:AES-256-OFB
                                        data-ciphers-fallback AES-256-CBC
                                        allow-compression asym
                                        sndbuf 524288
                                        rcvbuf 524288
                                        fragment 1450
                                        
                                        mssfix 1450
                                        

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