From 20c8675ba46bda97330a4117c459a59a9f1c465e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 09:37:33 +0100 Subject: New upstream version 2.4~beta1 --- doc/management-notes.txt | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/management-notes.txt') diff --git a/doc/management-notes.txt b/doc/management-notes.txt index ef39b85..dd870eb 100644 --- a/doc/management-notes.txt +++ b/doc/management-notes.txt @@ -168,9 +168,12 @@ be reset by restarts. OpenVPN will indicate that it is in a hold state by sending a real-time notification to the management -client: +client, the parameter indicates how long OpenVPN would +wait without UI (as influenced by connect-retry exponential +backoff). The UI needs to wait for releasing the hold if it +wants similar behavior: - >HOLD:Waiting for hold release + >HOLD:Waiting for hold release:10 Command examples: @@ -366,14 +369,23 @@ Command examples: same time enable real-time state notification of future state transitions. -The output format consists of 4 comma-separated parameters: +The output format consists of up to 9 comma-separated parameters: (a) the integer unix date/time, (b) the state name, (c) optional descriptive string (used mostly on RECONNECTING and EXITING to show the reason for the disconnect), - (d) optional TUN/TAP local IP address (shown for ASSIGN_IP - and CONNECTED), and - (e) optional address of remote server (OpenVPN 2.1 or higher). + (d) optional TUN/TAP local IPv4 address + (e) optional address of remote server, + (f) optional port of remote server, + (g) optional local address, + (h) optional local port, and + (i) optional TUN/TAP local IPv6 address. + +Fields (e)-(h) are shown for CONNECTED state, +(d) and (i) are shown for ASSIGN_IP and CONNECTED states. + +(e) is available starting from OpenVPN 2.1 +(f)-(i) are available starting from OpenVPN 2.4 Real-time state notifications will have a ">STATE:" prefix prepended to them. @@ -777,6 +789,28 @@ correct signature. This capability is intended to allow the use of arbitrary cryptographic service providers with OpenVPN via the management interface. +COMMAND -- certificate (OpenVPN 2.4 or higher) +---------------------------------------------- +Provides support for external storage of the certificate. Requires the +--management-external-cert option. This option can be used instead of "cert" +in client mode. On SSL protocol initialization a notification will be sent +to the management interface with a hint as follows: + +>NEED-CERTIFICATE:macosx-keychain:subject:o=OpenVPN-TEST + +The management interface client should use the hint to obtain the specific +SSL certificate and then return base64 encoded certificate as follows: + +certificate +[BASE64_CERT_LINE] +. +. +. +END + +This capability is intended to allow the use of certificates +stored outside of the filesystem (e.g. in Mac OS X Keychain) +with OpenVPN via the management interface. OUTPUT FORMAT ------------- -- cgit v1.2.3