Re: [PATCH] OpenVPN: Introduce Negotiable Crypto Parameters for roadwarriors

[Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>]

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On Wed, 2018-09-05 at 11:22 -0400, Kienker, Fred wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org> 
> Sent: 30 August, 2018 10:09
> To: ummeegge <ummeegge(a)ipfire.org>; development(a)lists.ipfire.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] OpenVPN: Introduce Negotiable Crypto Parameters for 
> roadwarriors
> 
> On Thu, 2018-08-30 at 16:02 +0200, ummeegge wrote:
> > Hi Michael,
> > 
> > Am Donnerstag, den 30.08.2018, 12:59 +0100 schrieb Michael Tremer:
> > > A very long discussion has been had about whether we should continue 
> > > supporting OpenVPN and the majority of the arguments were against 
> > > OpenVPN. On paper, it is just too broken; in the wrong hands and 
> > > there were other reasons like "one VPN implementation is enough for 
> > > a start", too.
> > 
> > OK haven´t heard about this discussion before but good to know now so 
> > i will stop further development for OpenVPN.
> 
> This has been decided at the developer summit in 2015 at the Mozilla 
> office.
> 
>   https://wiki.ipfire.org/ids/2015/results
> 
> > > > Best,
> > > > 
> > > > Erik
> > 
> > 
> 
> If OpenVPN is going to be dropped, then what will replace it? Is IPsec 
> going to be the only supported VPN solution?

For now it is. It works, is well integrated into various OSes and is secure.

> 
> Best regards,
> Fred Kienker
>