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    OPENVPN: Kill or Halt?

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    • hugoeyngH
      hugoeyng
      last edited by

      Hello Friends.

      In OPENVPN context, what is the diference between "halt client connection" and "kill client connection"?

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      I love pfSense!

      Hugo Eyng
      Datamais Sistemas

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        Kill disconnects the client and it's free to immediately reconnect (e.g. maybe to the next server in its list if it has multiple)

        Halt tells the client it should terminate completely (e.g. stop the process) so it will not reconnect.

        https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/monitoring/status/openvpn.html#ssl-tls-client-server-mode

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