Re: openvpn broken in 13

["R. W. Rodolico" <rodo@dailydata.net>]

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All of my tests so far have shown the patch to be effective. I agree
that it was likely a bug that crept in on the new code (would be nice to
have some effective beta testing -- oops, I'm the one that should have
done that).

Rod

On 09/07/2012 09:41 AM, Michael Tremer wrote:
> Hey Rod,
> 
> I must have something misunderstood.
> 
> The patch reverts some of the broken changes from core update 61 and
> does not break anything else.
> 
> So, it someone did not touch the settings since core update 60, they
> won't experience any trouble. That's what I want.
> 
> Installations done with core update 61 have screwed up already.
> 
> If you both, Rod and Erik, can confirm that, I will merge the patch for
> core update 63.
> 
> Michael
> 
> On Thu, 2012-09-06 at 17:25 -0500, R. W. Rodolico wrote:
>> Ok, I did some additional tests. Note that I am talking about a change
>> in core61 (and apparently used in thirteen also) which breaks existing
>> installs. Forcing the optional parameter fragment to be used by the
>> server breaks existing installs; this was what alerted me to the issue
>> when I got a complaint from a client using OpenVPNGUI on their Windows
>> machine.
>>
>> Additionally, the default clean install of core61 has the same issue, as
>> verfified by both myself and ummeegge, ie doing a clean install and
>> clean config of OpenVPN results in an unworkable system until fragment
>> is manually removed from the server.conf file.
>>
>> Strongly recommend ummeegge's patch be applied to thirteen.
>>
>> Everything else appears to be working well on thirteen (at least the
>> parts I use). Going to stress test the QOS in a few minutes.
>>
>> Rod
>>
>> On 09/06/2012 04:34 AM, Michael Tremer wrote:
>>> As mentioned on the forums thread, it is unacceptable that all client
>>> packages need to be re-installed. The patch cannot break any existing
>>> configuration!
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>> On Thu, 2012-09-06 at 01:39 -0500, R. W. Rodolico wrote:
>>>> there was a bug for core61, I found a problem with OpenVPN. The
>>>> discussion is at http://forum.ipfire.org/index.php/topic,6773.0.html.
>>>> This problem still exists in the beta.
>>>>
>>>> ummeegge created a patch that repairs the issue, and it should be put
>>>> into ovpnmain.cgi. It appears, in the tests I ran, to solve the issue.
>>>>
>>>> Rod
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>>
> 

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