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      jacekGle
      last edited by

      Hello,
      I am unable to establish OpenVPN connection to OpenVPN server configured on pfsense.
      I get a message, in Client log file:

      • added as an attachment to avoid akismed...Pfsense - post contecnt.txt

      Firewall rule is attached below:
      pfsense vpn rule.jpg

      I know this issue has been already discussed many times, although no solution works for me so far :/

      Please advise.

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        viragomann @jacekGle
        last edited by

        @jacekgle
        Add this line to the client config:

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          jacekGle
          last edited by jacekGle

          @viragomann said in I am unable to connect to OpenVPN Server:

          lport 0

          Thank you for your help, I am one step further. Although now it looks like that:
          Client side:

          Wed Jul 21 16:24:13 2021 OpenVPN 2.5.2 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [PKCS11] [AEAD] built on Apr 21 2021
Wed Jul 21 16:24:13 2021 Windows version 10.0 (Windows 10 or greater) 64bit
Wed Jul 21 16:24:13 2021 library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1k  25 Mar 2021, LZO 2.10
Wed Jul 21 16:24:15 2021 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]MYEDITED_IP:1194
Wed Jul 21 16:24:15 2021 UDPv4 link local (bound): [AF_INET][undef]:0
Wed Jul 21 16:24:15 2021 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]MYEDITED_IP:1194
Wed Jul 21 16:25:15 2021 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
Wed Jul 21 16:25:15 2021 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
Wed Jul 21 16:25:15 2021 SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting
Wed Jul 21 16:25:20 2021 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]MYEDITED_IP:1194
Wed Jul 21 16:25:20 2021 UDPv4 link local (bound): [AF_INET][undef]:0
Wed Jul 21 16:25:20 2021 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]MYEDITED_IP:1194

          Server side:

          Jul 21 16:24:26	openvpn	45804	DEPRECATED OPTION: ncp-disable. Disabling cipher negotiation is a deprecated debug feature that will be removed in OpenVPN 2.6
Jul 21 16:24:26	openvpn	45804	DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-256-CBC' but missing in --data-ciphers (AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM). Future OpenVPN version will ignore --cipher for cipher negotiations. Add 'AES-256-CBC' to --data-ciphers or change --cipher 'AES-256-CBC' to --data-ciphers-fallback 'AES-256-CBC' to silence this warning.
Jul 21 16:24:26	openvpn	45804	WARNING: POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS OPTION --verify-client-cert none|optional may accept clients which do not present a certificate
Jul 21 16:24:26	openvpn	45804	OpenVPN 2.5.1 amd64-portbld-freebsd12.2 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [MH/RECVDA] [AEAD] built on Apr 5 2021
Jul 21 16:24:26	openvpn	45804	library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1k-freebsd 25 Mar 2021, LZO 2.10
Jul 21 16:24:26	openvpn	45914	NOTE: your local LAN uses the extremely common subnet address 192.168.0.x or 192.168.1.x. Be aware that this might create routing conflicts if you connect to the VPN server from public locations such as internet cafes that use the same subnet.
Jul 21 16:24:26	openvpn	45914	NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
Jul 21 16:24:26	openvpn	45914	WARNING: experimental option --capath /var/etc/openvpn/server1/ca
Jul 21 16:24:26	openvpn	45914	TUN/TAP device ovpns1 exists previously, keep at program end
Jul 21 16:24:26	openvpn	45914	TUN/TAP device /dev/tun1 opened
Jul 21 16:24:26	openvpn	45914	/sbin/ifconfig ovpns1 10.1.1.1 10.1.1.2 mtu 1500 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
Jul 21 16:24:26	openvpn	45914	/usr/local/sbin/ovpn-linkup ovpns1 1500 1621 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0 init
Jul 21 16:24:26	openvpn	45914	UDPv4 link local (bound): [AF_INET]192.168.0.8:1194
Jul 21 16:24:26	openvpn	45914	UDPv4 link remote: [AF_UNSPEC]
Jul 21 16:24:26	openvpn	45914	Initialization Sequence Completed
Jul 21 14:24:26	openvpn	42936	event_wait : Interrupted system call (code=4)
Jul 21 14:24:26	openvpn	42936	SIGTERM[hard,] received, process exiting
Jul 21 16:24:27	openvpn	73370	WARNING: file '/var/etc/openvpn/client2/up' is group or others accessible
Jul 21 16:24:27	openvpn	73370	OpenVPN 2.5.1 amd64-portbld-freebsd12.2 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [MH/RECVDA] [AEAD] built on Apr 5 2021
Jul 21 16:24:27	openvpn	73370	library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1k-freebsd 25 Mar 2021, LZO 2.10
Jul 21 16:24:27	openvpn	73370	neither stdin nor stderr are a tty device and you have neither a controlling tty nor systemd - can't ask for 'Enter Auth Password:'. If you used --daemon, you need to use --askpass to make passphrase-protected keys work, and you can not use --auth-nocache.
Jul 21 16:24:27	openvpn	73370	Exiting due to fatal error
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            viragomann @jacekGle
            last edited by

            @jacekgle
            Seems you're running multiple OpenVpN isntances on the server. Not all log lines are belonging to that one which you try to connect to here.

            Form the client log I suspect that the client is not able to reach the server.
            You server is listening to a privat IP, so you have to forward the OpenVPN traffic to it properly. Did you do that?

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              jacekGle @viragomann
              last edited by jacekGle

              @viragomann
              How cna I find out whats wrong?

              These are more client logs:

              Wed Jul 21 19:40:24 2021 SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting
Wed Jul 21 19:40:24 2021 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1626889224,RECONNECTING,tls-error,,,,,
Wed Jul 21 19:40:24 2021 Restart pause, 5 second(s)
Wed Jul 21 19:40:29 2021 Outgoing Control Channel Encryption: Cipher 'AES-256-CTR' initialized with 256 bit key
Wed Jul 21 19:40:29 2021 Outgoing Control Channel Encryption: Using 256 bit message hash 'SHA256' for HMAC authentication
Wed Jul 21 19:40:29 2021 Incoming Control Channel Encryption: Cipher 'AES-256-CTR' initialized with 256 bit key
Wed Jul 21 19:40:29 2021 Incoming Control Channel Encryption: Using 256 bit message hash 'SHA256' for HMAC authentication
Wed Jul 21 19:40:29 2021 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1626889229,RESOLVE,,,,,,
Wed Jul 21 19:40:29 2021 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]Wed Jul 21 20:24:21 2021 NOTE: --user option is not implemented on Windows
Wed Jul 21 20:24:21 2021 NOTE: --group option is not implemented on Windows
Wed Jul 21 20:24:21 2021 DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-256-CBC' but missing in --data-ciphers (AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM). Future OpenVPN version will ignore --cipher for cipher negotiations. Add 'AES-256-CBC' to --data-ciphers or change --cipher 'AES-256-CBC' to --data-ciphers-fallback 'AES-256-CBC' to silence this warning.
Wed Jul 21 20:24:21 2021 OpenVPN 2.5.2 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [PKCS11] [AEAD] built on Apr 21 2021
Wed Jul 21 20:24:21 2021 Windows version 10.0 (Windows 10 or greater) 64bit
Wed Jul 21 20:24:21 2021 library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1k  25 Mar 2021, LZO 2.10
Wed Jul 21 20:24:21 2021 MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25340
Wed Jul 21 20:24:21 2021 Need hold release from management interface, waiting...
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25340
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'state on'
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'log all on'
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'echo all on'
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'bytecount 5'
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold off'
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold release'
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 Outgoing Control Channel Encryption: Cipher 'AES-256-CTR' initialized with 256 bit key
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 Outgoing Control Channel Encryption: Using 256 bit message hash 'SHA256' for HMAC authentication
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 Incoming Control Channel Encryption: Cipher 'AES-256-CTR' initialized with 256 bit key
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 Incoming Control Channel Encryption: Using 256 bit message hash 'SHA256' for HMAC authentication
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1626891862,RESOLVE,,,,,,
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]EDITED_IP:53647
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 Socket Buffers: R=[65536->65536] S=[65536->65536]
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 UDP link local (bound): [AF_INET][undef]:0
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 UDP link remote: [AF_INET]EDITED_IP:53647
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1626891862,WAIT,,,,,,
Wed Jul 21 20:25:22 2021 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
Wed Jul 21 20:25:22 2021 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
Wed Jul 21 20:25:22 2021 SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting
Wed Jul 21 20:25:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1626891922,RECONNECTING,tls-error,,,,,
Wed Jul 21 20:25:22 2021 Restart pause, 5 second(s):53647
Wed Jul 21 19:40:29 2021 Socket Buffers: R=[65536->65536] S=[65536->65536]
Wed Jul 21 19:40:29 2021 UDP link local (bound): [AF_INET][undef]:0
Wed Jul 21 19:40:29 2021 UDP link remote: [AF_INET]MYEDITED_IP:53647
Wed Jul 21 19:40:29 2021 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1626889229,WAIT,,,,,,
Wed Jul 21 19:41:29 2021 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
Wed Jul 21 19:41:29 2021 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
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                jacekGle @jacekGle
                last edited by

                I have created completly new OpenVPN Server on TrueNAS server, while disabling the pfsense before.
                I have the same issue of
                openvpn TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)

                I have no idea how to workaround it. I am even trying to conneect to VPN Server internall, having internal IP in the ovpn config file - still the same.

                I have already re-created all 3 certificates, 3 times. I am out of ideas.

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                  jacekGle @jacekGle
                  last edited by jacekGle

                  My latest client config:

                  client
dev tun
proto udp
port 53647
remote "my.fqdn.com"
user nobody
group nobody
persist-key
persist-tun
lport 0

<certificates>
verb 3
remote-cert-tls server
auth RSA-SHA1
cipher AES-256-CBC
<TLS key>

                  Result:

                  Wed Jul 21 20:24:21 2021 NOTE: --user option is not implemented on Windows
Wed Jul 21 20:24:21 2021 NOTE: --group option is not implemented on Windows
Wed Jul 21 20:24:21 2021 DEPRECATED OPTION: --cipher set to 'AES-256-CBC' but missing in --data-ciphers (AES-256-GCM:AES-128-GCM). Future OpenVPN version will ignore --cipher for cipher negotiations. Add 'AES-256-CBC' to --data-ciphers or change --cipher 'AES-256-CBC' to --data-ciphers-fallback 'AES-256-CBC' to silence this warning.
Wed Jul 21 20:24:21 2021 OpenVPN 2.5.2 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [PKCS11] [AEAD] built on Apr 21 2021
Wed Jul 21 20:24:21 2021 Windows version 10.0 (Windows 10 or greater) 64bit
Wed Jul 21 20:24:21 2021 library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1k  25 Mar 2021, LZO 2.10
Wed Jul 21 20:24:21 2021 MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25340
Wed Jul 21 20:24:21 2021 Need hold release from management interface, waiting...
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25340
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'state on'
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'log all on'
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'echo all on'
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'bytecount 5'
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold off'
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold release'
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 Outgoing Control Channel Encryption: Cipher 'AES-256-CTR' initialized with 256 bit key
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 Outgoing Control Channel Encryption: Using 256 bit message hash 'SHA256' for HMAC authentication
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 Incoming Control Channel Encryption: Cipher 'AES-256-CTR' initialized with 256 bit key
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 Incoming Control Channel Encryption: Using 256 bit message hash 'SHA256' for HMAC authentication
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1626891862,RESOLVE,,,,,,
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]EDITED_IP:53647
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 Socket Buffers: R=[65536->65536] S=[65536->65536]
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 UDP link local (bound): [AF_INET][undef]:0
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 UDP link remote: [AF_INET]EDITED_IP:53647
Wed Jul 21 20:24:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1626891862,WAIT,,,,,,
Wed Jul 21 20:25:22 2021 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
Wed Jul 21 20:25:22 2021 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
Wed Jul 21 20:25:22 2021 SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting
Wed Jul 21 20:25:22 2021 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1626891922,RECONNECTING,tls-error,,,,,
Wed Jul 21 20:25:22 2021 Restart pause, 5 second(s)
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                    jacekGle @jacekGle
                    last edited by

                    I have disabled my main firewall - no difference.

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                      viragomann @jacekGle
                      last edited by

                      @jacekgle
                      No way to help, when you don't respond to my questions. Sorry.

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                        jacekGle @viragomann
                        last edited by

                        @viragomann said in I am unable to connect to OpenVPN Server:

                        You server is listening to a privat IP, so you have to forward the OpenVPN traffic to it properly. Did you do that?

                        I have forwarded traffic on my router to the VPN Server.
                        I use dynDNS to resolve the IP. So in my config file I have that, and as i try to connect - it resolved correctly.

                        Also i replaced the dyndns with WAN IP address in client config file.
                        Same result.

                        I have other web server on my local NAS box and i can connect to it.

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                          viragomann @jacekGle
                          last edited by

                          @jacekgle
                          As I wrote above, from the clients log I suspect that the client cannot reach the server, though the firewall on pfSense allows it.
                          Possibly UDP 1194 is blocked by your ISP or it cannot pass the router.

                          To investigate, you will have to sniff the traffic on some interfaces.
                          On pfSense you can use the Packets Capture tool in the Diagnostics menu to do this. Select the WAN, enter 1194 into the port filter box, start the capture and try a connection from outside.

                          Maybe you have also a possibility on your router in front of pfSense to sniff the traffic and on the client side to get sure what's going on.

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                            jacekGle @viragomann
                            last edited by

                            @viragomann
                            @viragomann
                            Thank you so much for your reply. I have managed to do some magic by following this forum discussion:

                            www.truenas.com/community/threads/truenas-12-openvpn-service-testing.85461/page-2
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