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[Openvpn-users] Feature idea: Connection refusal based upon CN


  • Subject: [Openvpn-users] Feature idea: Connection refusal based upon CN
  • From: Vlada Macek <tuttle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 16:37:03 +0200

Hi,

I'm setting up VPN for my network and I think the following option, if
existed, would nicely simplify my server configuration:

--ccd-exclusive
            Refuse the connection of client whose
            X509 Common Name is *not* found --client-config-dir.

Upon connection, I'm binding a fixed intranet IP address to each CN my
CA have signed. So I will maintain the table with the unique CN <->
IP_address relation. While the --ccd-exclusive does not exists, I
understand that I have to

1) convert my CN <-> IP_address table to client-config-dir,
2) set up the tls-verify script checking if the CN is allowed.

If the --ccd-exclusive would exist, I only need step 1).

Is it considerable? I think such feature would advance the usability
and simplicity, although there would be one more option on the big man
page to learn...

Vlada

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