OpenVPN 2.5.0

[Neustradamus]

@schwabe: An update is needed:

OpenVPN 2.5.0 (2020-10-27):

• https://openvpn.net/
• https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/releases

Announcement:

• https://sourceforge.net/p/openvpn/mailman/message/37138737/

OpenVPN 2.5 is a new major release with many new features:

• Client-specific tls-crypt keys (–tls-crypt-v2)
• Added support for using the ChaCha20-Poly1305 cipher in the OpenVPN data channel
• Improved Data channel cipher negotiation
• Removal of BF-CBC support in default configuration
• Asynchronous (deferred) authentication support for auth-pam plugin
• Deferred client-connect
• Faster connection setup
• Netlink support
• Wintun support
• IPv6-only operation
• Improved Windows 10 detection
• Linux VRF support
• TLS 1.3 support
• Support setting DHCP search domain
• Handle setting of tun/tap interface MTU on Windows
• HMAC based auth-token support
• VLAN support
• Support building of .msi installers for Windows
• Allow unicode search string in –cryptoapicert option (Windows)
• Support IPv4 configs with /31 netmasks now
• New option –block-ipv6 to reject all IPv6 packets (ICMPv6)
• MSI installer (Windows)
• The MSI installer now bundles EasyRSA 3, a modern take on OpenVPN CA management

Overview of changes in OpenVPN v2.5:

• https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/ChangesInOpenvpn25

Overview of changes in OpenVPN v2.4:

• https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/ChangesInOpenvpn24

[schwabe]

The already includes a version newer than 2.5.0

[Neustradamus]

After OpenVPN 2.5.8, 2.6 Beta 1 (dev) is here, good job from the @openvpn team!

• https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/

[schwabe]

@Neustradamus yes. I am aware and the version in ics-openvpn is tracking master. I don't if you noticed but I am one of the main developers of openvpn.

[Neustradamus]

@schwabe: I know :)

• https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/commits?author=schwabe