OpenVPN version warning

[mhfrey7]

Hi,

I use Tunnelblick on macOS as my OpenVPN client. Recently when I connect to my Asus AC68 Router with Asuswrt-Merlin V384.4 I get the following message:

Warning: This VPN may not connect in the future.

The OpenVPN configuration file for 'xxxx' contains these OpenVPN options:

'comp-lzo' was deprecated in OpenVPN 2.4 and removed in OpenVPN 2.5
'ns-cert-type' was deprecated in OpenVPN 2.4 and removed in OpenVPN 2.5

You should update the configuration so it can be used with modern versions of OpenVPN.

Tunnelblick will use OpenVPN 2.4.4 - OpenSSL v1.0.2n to connect this configuration.

However, you will not be able to connect to this VPN with future versions of Tunnelblick that do not include a version of OpenVPN that accepts the options.

Hopefully there is a planned update to the OpenVPN server to v2.5 for Asus-wrt Merlin or am I missing something?

Thank you for your help.

 

[skeal]

Hi,

I use Tunnelblick on macOS as my OpenVPN client. Recently when I connect to my Asus AC68 Router with Asuswrt-Merlin V384.4 I get the following message:



Hopefully there is a planned update to the OpenVPN server to v2.5 for Asus-wrt Merlin or am I missing something?

Thank you for your help.

It's coming in next firmware. I believe 384.5

 

[mhfrey7]

Great, thank you for getting back so quickly.

 

[Butterfly Bones]

Hi,

I use Tunnelblick on macOS as my OpenVPN client. Recently when I connect to my Asus AC68 Router with Asuswrt-Merlin V384.4 I get the following message:



Hopefully there is a planned update to the OpenVPN server to v2.5 for Asus-wrt Merlin or am I missing something?

Thank you for your help.

Noted here.
https://www.snbforums.com/threads/c...openvpn-2-4-and-removed-in-openvpn-2-5.45575/

 

[RMerlin]

Hopefully there is a planned update to the OpenVPN server to v2.5 for Asus-wrt Merlin or am I missing something?

OpenVPN 2.5 isn't even out yet... Latest is 2.4.5, there is no ETA for 2.5, might be 2-3 years from now based on their current release rate.

 

[sfx2000]

OpenVPN 2.5 isn't even out yet... Latest is 2.4.5, there is no ETA for 2.5, might be 2-3 years from now based on their current release rate.

Wonder if folks are getting confused...

https://docs.openvpn.net/openvpn-access-server-2-5-released/

 

[RMerlin]

Wonder if folks are getting confused...

https://docs.openvpn.net/openvpn-access-server-2-5-released/

Not necessarily. OpenVPN does include warning in their community product about features being deprecated in 2.4.x and scheduled for removal in 2.5.x (as shown in the syslog capture posted by the OP). comp-lzo is one of them, since 2.4.x introduced lz4 support, forcing the OpeNVPN devs to implement new config options to handle both lz4 and lzo, superceding the old lzo-only settings.

That reference to the future 2.5.x release in the syslog is what probably confused the OP.