Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 13:32:59 +0200 From: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> To: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recent change to ifconfig breaks OpenVPN? Message-ID: <654B1E65-BF46-4DD7-9DCE-97965875F1DE@lassitu.de> In-Reply-To: <C1D6F367-1036-4225-8A4A-D1894510AA18@lassitu.de> References: <B4AA014B-2444-40AA-A3A3-417E4B89DF90@lassitu.de> <4A709126.5050102@elischer.org> <3A1518B9-2C8C-4F05-9195-82C6017E4902@lassitu.de> <op.uxusbswp1e62zd@merlin.emma.line.org> <BEE762CA-4282-4BA8-B92B-AFC7AAE3CA9A@lassitu.de> <ABCF4747-24D4-4435-952B-EA85A2AE999F@lassitu.de> <B583FBF374231F4A89607B4D08578A4304E22D95@bcs-mail03.internal.cacheflow.com> <4A721160.5080902@elischer.org> <20090730220658.M245@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> <op.uxwkqxxd1e62zd@merlin.emma.line.org> <B80ED984-7570-4C00-911C-7F47E25680D6@lassitu.de> <C1D6F367-1036-4225-8A4A-D1894510AA18@lassitu.de>
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Am 31.07.2009 um 18:58 schrieb Stefan Bethke: > Am 31.07.2009 um 14:38 schrieb Stefan Bethke: > >> Here's a first draft at a patch for OpenVPN. With this, the tun >> interface gets set to IFF_BROADCAST mode. One small piece is still >> missing: OpenVPN tries to install a route for the subnet, but that >> fails because now ifconfig has already inserted that route. I'll >> try to look into that a bit later on. I also haven't tested the >> server side yet, or any other mode. > > The route for the subnet is pushed by the server (expanded from the > --server config option). Although adding the route fails, the > connection process continues and the connection is working fine. > Making either the client ignore the pushed route or the server not > push the route would be rather intrusive, so I think leaving it at > this should be acceptable. > > Will continue testing... I've tested the patch on -stable and -current, with --topology subnet and --topology net30, in client and server modes, and everything seems to be working fine. From my point of view, this can be committed. I will submit the patch to James Yonan and the openvpn-developers list for inclusion. Stefan -- Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Fon +49 151 14070811
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