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      jaime10
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      Hi,

      I have implemented a road warrior config against my pfSense installation succesfully. I am nor a security expert but if someone is able to copy the config folder of my openVPN client, this person will be able to have access to my LAN. Am I wrong or there is some way to avoid it?

      Regards,

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        heper
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        didn't you have a password setup with the certificate ?

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          Nachtfalke
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          There are three possibilities for an OpenVPN client to connect to your OpenVPN server:

          • Just an username and password combination (User Auth)

          • Just a OpenVPN client certificate

          • A combination of client certificate and username/password

          So if you just have a client certificate and someone else got this certificate he is able to connect to your VPN. If you know that someone lost his certificate or someone has stolen a certificate you can put this certificate on a so called "Certificate Revocation List" which means that connections with this cert will be blocked.

          So best thing would be that you think about a username/password and certificate combination.

          A more secure possibility would be a certificate + username and one-time-password combination. This can be done in less steps with the freeradius2 package in combination with your OpenVPN Server.
          http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/FreeRADIUS_2.x_package#Enable_Mobile-One-Time-Password_.28OTP.29_support

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