The OpenVPN community project team is proud to release OpenVPN 2.6.0. This is the new stable version of OpenVPN with some major new features.
Changes since RC2: * Various bugfixes, see https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/blob/v2.6.0/Changes.rst Windows MSI changes since RC2: * Included openvpn-gui updated to 11.36.0.0. See https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-gui/blob/v11.36.0.0/CHANGES.rst. * DCO driver is now included as a installer module (msm) so that other products (like OpenVPN Connect) can share the DCO installation. Some highlights of 2.6.0 are: * Data Channel Offload (DCO) kernel acceleration support for Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD. * OpenSSL 3 support, which is now the default on Windows. * Improved handling of tunnel MTU, including support for pushable MTU. * Outdated cryptographic algorithms disabled by default, but there are options to override if necessary. * Reworked TLS handshake, making OpenVPN immune to replay-packet state exhaustion attacks. * Added --peer-fingerprint mode for a more simplistic certificate setup and verification. * Added Pre-Logon Access Provider support to OpenVPN GUI for Windows. * Improved protocol negotiation, leading to faster connection setup. More details can be found in the Changes document: <https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/blob/release/2.6/Changes.rst> (The Changes document also contains a section with work-arounds for common problems encountered when using OpenVPN with OpenSSL 3) Source code and Windows installers can be downloaded from our download page: <https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/Downloads> (The Windows installers use OpenSSL 3 now) (The Community Downloads page on openvpn.net <https://openvpn.net/community-downloads/> will probably be updated tomorrow). Debian and Ubuntu packages are available in the official apt repositories: <https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/OpenvpnSoftwareRepos> On Red Hat derivatives we recommend using the Fedora Copr repository. <https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/dsommers/openvpn-release/> Kind regards, -- Frank Lichtenheld _______________________________________________ Openvpn-announce mailing list Openvpn-announce@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-announce
