I thought that warning pertained to hardening the install, and I don't harden until the wide open version works, but it turns out you were dead rite, adding ns-cert-type server to my client install seems to have done the trick. I would have continued to ignore that if it was not for the fact I had to try it in order to reply. Thanks :) ________________________________ From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Lisa Kachold Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:41 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Open VPN - need some help install/configuring. See references to 2 reboots after configuration here with regards to Linux OpenVPN bridging mode Error 4: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=1990.45 What mode are you attempting? See this message in your Windows log: Wed Jun 18 08:57:15 2008 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled. See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info. Of course when you get the verification method right on both sides it's probably going to work. Also, what ports do you have open? You would want to verify that whatever is listening and sending port traffic is open by using these commands: 1) tcpdump [in one window on the linux side] (pipe to a file to watch the transactions and verify all ports are open) 2) lsof [linux side] 3) netstat -anp [linux side] netstat - [windows side] Check: Check your configurations against his: http://openvpn.net/archive/openvpn-users/2006-01/msg00101.html iptables (flush the tables or turn down the firewall from /etc/init.d/ selinux (hopefully permissive if using?) Bryan O'Neal wrote: So I installed Open VPN on my server (Cent OS) and I installed openvpn on my desktop (WinXP) and I am trying to connect them. I generated all of my key files and certs on my server and copied the client key, cert, and server ca.crt to my client, I believe I have everything configured correctly, but it does not connect. Also on the windows side it indicates my tun adaptor is not connected. Perhaps one of you can tell me where I went wrong. And yes, I did try shut down my windows firewall and my server iptables Flushing firewall rules: [ OK ] Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter [ OK ] Unloading iptables modules: [ OK ] Here is what I see from my client (windows) Wed Jun 18 08:57:15 2008 OpenVPN 2.0.9 Win32-MinGW [SSL] [LZO] built on Oct 1 2006 Wed Jun 18 08:57:15 2008 IMPORTANT: OpenVPN's default port number is now 1194, based on an official port number assignment by IANA. OpenVPN 2.0-beta16 and earlier used 5000 as the default port. Wed Jun 18 08:57:15 2008 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled. See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info. Wed Jun 18 08:57:15 2008 LZO compression initialized Wed Jun 18 08:57:15 2008 Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1542 D:138 EF:38 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ] Wed Jun 18 08:57:15 2008 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1542 D:1450 EF:42 EB:135 ET:0 EL:0 AF:3/1 ] Wed Jun 18 08:57:15 2008 Local Options hash (VER=V4): '41690919' Wed Jun 18 08:57:15 2008 Expected Remote Options hash (VER=V4): '530fdded' Wed Jun 18 08:57:15 2008 UDPv4 link local: [undef] Wed Jun 18 08:57:15 2008 UDPv4 link remote: 208.109.28.232:1194 Wed Jun 18 08:57:15 2008 read UDPv4: Connection reset by peer (WSAECONNRESET) (code=10054) ... Wed Jun 18 08:58:13 2008 read UDPv4: Connection reset by peer (WSAECONNRESET) (code=10054) Wed Jun 18 08:58:14 2008 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity) Wed Jun 18 08:58:14 2008 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed Wed Jun 18 08:58:14 2008 TCP/UDP: Closing socket Wed Jun 18 08:58:14 2008 SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting Wed Jun 18 08:58:14 2008 Restart pause, 2 second(s) Wed Jun 18 08:58:16 2008 IMPORTANT: OpenVPN's default port number is now 1194, based on an official port number assignment by IANA. OpenVPN 2.0-beta16 and earlier used 5000 as the default port. Wed Jun 18 08:58:16 2008 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled. See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info. Wed Jun 18 08:58:16 2008 Re-using SSL/TLS context Wed Jun 18 08:58:16 2008 LZO compression initialized Wed Jun 18 08:58:16 2008 Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1542 D:138 EF:38 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ] Wed Jun 18 08:58:16 2008 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1542 D:1450 EF:42 EB:135 ET:0 EL:0 AF:3/1 ] Wed Jun 18 08:58:16 2008 Local Options hash (VER=V4): '41690919' Wed Jun 18 08:58:16 2008 Expected Remote Options hash (VER=V4): '530fdded' Wed Jun 18 08:58:16 2008 UDPv4 link local: [undef] Wed Jun 18 08:58:16 2008 UDPv4 link remote: 208.109.28.232:1194 Wed Jun 18 08:58:16 2008 read UDPv4: Connection reset by peer (WSAECONNRESET) (code=10054) ... From my server Openvpn-status.log OpenVPN CLIENT LIST Updated,Wed Jun 18 08:58:45 2008 Common Name,Real Address,Bytes Received,Bytes Sent,Connected Since ROUTING TABLE Virtual Address,Common Name,Real Address,Last Ref GLOBAL STATS Max bcast/mcast queue length,0 END Openvpn.log Wed Jun 18 08:42:41 2008 OpenVPN 2.0.9 i386-redhat-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO] [EPOLL] built on Jun 16 2008 Wed Jun 18 08:42:41 2008 Diffie-Hellman initialized with 1024 bit key Wed Jun 18 08:42:41 2008 TLS-Auth MTU parms [ L:1542 D:138 EF:38 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ] Wed Jun 18 08:42:41 2008 TUN/TAP device tun0 opened Wed Jun 18 08:42:41 2008 /sbin/ifconfig tun0 10.8.0.1 pointopoint 10.8.0.2 mtu 1500 Wed Jun 18 08:42:41 2008 /sbin/route add -net 10.8.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 10.8.0.2 Wed Jun 18 08:42:41 2008 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1542 D:1450 EF:42 EB:135 ET:0 EL:0 AF:3/1 ] Wed Jun 18 08:42:41 2008 UDPv4 link local (bound): 208.109.28.226:1194 Wed Jun 18 08:42:41 2008 UDPv4 link remote: [undef] Wed Jun 18 08:42:41 2008 MULTI: multi_init called, r=256 v=256 Wed Jun 18 08:42:41 2008 IFCONFIG POOL: base=10.8.0.4 size=62 Wed Jun 18 08:42:41 2008 IFCONFIG POOL LIST Wed Jun 18 08:42:41 2008 Initialization Sequence Completed Wed Jun 18 08:45:35 2008 event_wait : Interrupted system call (code=4) Wed Jun 18 08:45:35 2008 TCP/UDP: Closing socket Wed Jun 18 08:45:35 2008 /sbin/route del -net 10.8.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 Wed Jun 18 08:45:35 2008 Closing TUN/TAP interface Wed Jun 18 08:45:35 2008 SIGINT[hard,] received, process exiting Wed Jun 18 08:56:18 2008 OpenVPN 2.0.9 i386-redhat-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO] [EPOLL] built on Jun 16 2008 Wed Jun 18 08:56:18 2008 Diffie-Hellman initialized with 1024 bit key Wed Jun 18 08:56:18 2008 TLS-Auth MTU parms [ L:1542 D:138 EF:38 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ] Wed Jun 18 08:56:18 2008 TUN/TAP device tun0 opened Wed Jun 18 08:56:18 2008 /sbin/ifconfig tun0 10.8.0.1 pointopoint 10.8.0.2 mtu 1500 Wed Jun 18 08:56:18 2008 /sbin/route add -net 10.8.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 10.8.0.2 Wed Jun 18 08:56:18 2008 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1542 D:1450 EF:42 EB:135 ET:0 EL:0 AF:3/1 ] Wed Jun 18 08:56:18 2008 UDPv4 link local (bound): 208.109.28.226:1194 Wed Jun 18 08:56:18 2008 UDPv4 link remote: [undef] Wed Jun 18 08:56:18 2008 MULTI: multi_init called, r=256 v=256 Wed Jun 18 08:56:18 2008 IFCONFIG POOL: base=10.8.0.4 size=62 Wed Jun 18 08:56:18 2008 IFCONFIG POOL LIST Wed Jun 18 08:56:18 2008 Initialization Sequence Completed Wed Jun 18 08:56:25 2008 event_wait : Interrupted system call (code=4) Wed Jun 18 08:56:25 2008 TCP/UDP: Closing socket Wed Jun 18 08:56:25 2008 /sbin/route del -net 10.8.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 Wed Jun 18 08:56:25 2008 Closing TUN/TAP interface Wed Jun 18 08:56:25 2008 SIGINT[hard,] received, process exiting Wed Jun 18 08:56:35 2008 OpenVPN 2.0.9 i386-redhat-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO] [EPOLL] built on Jun 16 2008 Wed Jun 18 08:56:35 2008 Diffie-Hellman initialized with 1024 bit key Wed Jun 18 08:56:35 2008 TLS-Auth MTU parms [ L:1542 D:138 EF:38 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ] Wed Jun 18 08:56:35 2008 TUN/TAP device tun0 opened Wed Jun 18 08:56:35 2008 /sbin/ifconfig tun0 10.8.0.1 pointopoint 10.8.0.2 mtu 1500 Wed Jun 18 08:56:35 2008 /sbin/route add -net 10.8.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 10.8.0.2 Wed Jun 18 08:56:35 2008 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1542 D:1450 EF:42 EB:135 ET:0 EL:0 AF:3/1 ] Wed Jun 18 08:56:35 2008 UDPv4 link local (bound): 208.109.28.226:1194 Wed Jun 18 08:56:35 2008 UDPv4 link remote: [undef] Wed Jun 18 08:56:35 2008 MULTI: multi_init called, r=256 v=256 Wed Jun 18 08:56:35 2008 IFCONFIG POOL: base=10.8.0.4 size=62 Wed Jun 18 08:56:35 2008 IFCONFIG POOL LIST Wed Jun 18 08:56:35 2008 Initialization Sequence Completed Wed Jun 18 08:58:59 2008 event_wait : Interrupted system call (code=4) Wed Jun 18 08:58:59 2008 TCP/UDP: Closing socket Wed Jun 18 08:58:59 2008 /sbin/route del -net 10.8.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 Wed Jun 18 08:58:59 2008 Closing TUN/TAP interface Wed Jun 18 08:58:59 2008 SIGINT[hard,] received, process exiting --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss (602)325-5325 Asterisk (503)754-4452 Blackberry EDVO/CDMA on Dell PII Kubuntu 7.10