Hi, On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 09:10:10PM +0200, David Sommerseth wrote: > On 22/05/18 19:32, Marvin wrote: > > Can someone tell me the minimum Linux version that OpenVPN 2.4.x will build > > and run on? We have an older appliance the runs on an older 2.4.31 kernel > > (cannot be upgraded -- but it's very hardened so really doesn't need to be > > for > > our use.) > > First of all, kernel 2.4.31 is very old - hardened or not. I might work if > you don't attempt any IPv6 features at all.
IPv6 has been there since waaay longer, like, "last century" :-) - so
in regards of "is IPv6 there?", 2.4 is fairly young.
Totally off-topic, though, so I shut up now :-)
> But I do know there has been some
> code changes over the years which is strictly 2.6 kernel and newer; but its
> quite a long time ago so I don't recall exactly what and when.
For OpenVPN 2.4, I think we kicked out some old method to set up Linux
tunnels. OTOH, that was 2.2.x stuff, if I remember correctly...
(86e2fa5597fd1ad8e010)
gert
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