Openvpn config file works on windows 10, not windows 11 (does not accept password)

[bloater99 (Tim Zakharov)]

Has anyone else encountered this? I set up a roadwarrior config for a new Win11 system and when testing it, it says the password is incorrect when connecting. I took the same config, installed it on a Win10 system, and the password works. Any help appreciated.

[roberto (Roberto Peña)]

Hi @bloater99.

Are you trying with the latest version of the OpenVPN Client? This problem is already known:

OVPN Cert creation algo

Hi, i have an upgraded Fedora 36 system for testing and it is not possible to connect via OpenVPN anymore with my certs. The system uses openssl 3 and for me it looks like the standard methods for the cert creation will not longer supported out of the box. The message i get if i check the p12 file is: [xxx@fedora ovpn]$ openssl pkcs12 -info -in ipfire.p12 Enter Import Password: MAC: sha1, Iteration 2048 MAC length: 20, salt length: 8 PKCS7 Encrypted data: pbeWithSHA1And40BitRC2-CBC, Ite…

If this is the problem, you should use version 2.5.9. If not, someone with more knowledge can help you.

Bye.

[bloater99 (Tim Zakharov)]

Thank you! Reverting the openvpn client to 2.5.9 fixed the issue.

Apparently Windows 11 has also switched to openssl 3. So is this something that needs to be addressed in ipfire, or is it strictly an openvpn client issue?