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Re: [Openvpn-users] How do I make OpenVPN ask for a password before connecting?


  • Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] How do I make OpenVPN ask for a password before connecting?
  • From: Charles Duffy <cduffy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:16:59 -0500

Chuck Bunn wrote:
> As a secondary layer of protection and as a precaution against someone 
> accessing a VPN through a stolen laptop (yes I know I can revoke a 
> certificate but what happens if the user does not report the theft 
> immediately) - how do I set OpenVPN to ask for a password before 
> connecting with the certificate. I tried 'build-key-pass' during key 
> generation and this did not work (I assume that it will ask for a 
> password before the key can be opened for viewing). I am thinking of 
> something along the lines of a preshared key???

To have the server require that the client provide a username/password 
pair, see the auth-user-pass directive. Passwords used to encrypt a key, 
which supported, are less valuable from a security perspective because 
the user can change them; having a separate username/password pair which 
is authenticated on the server side (rather than used to decrypt a key 
on the client side) is preferable.



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