Hi,

On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 1:36 PM, Jonathan K. Bullard
<jkbull...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 12:31 PM, Selva Nair <selva.n...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> What about extending the current "version" command with an argument
>> where the client states the version of "management-speak" that it
>> supports. Current management version is 1, we increase it to 1.1 and
>> unless the client says "version 1.1" or more we do not send PK_SIGN.
>> The client could do that when it gets the version message or any time
>> later. The response to version command (current management version and
>> openvpn daemon's version stays the same). No full-fledged cap
>> negotiation, but good enough.
>
> That sounds reasonable; easy to implement in Tunnelblick
>
>
>> The UX would be much better that way.
>
> Absolutely.
>

Encouraged by Jonathan's reply I have made a patch to rename RSA_SIGN
to PK_SIGN if client announces a version > 1. Will send it and a
modified EC key patch soon.

Selva

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