Re: [Openvpn-devel] Minimum Linux Version for OpenVPN 2.4.x
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 -- "If was one thing all people took for granted, was conviction that if you feed honest figures into a computer, honest figures come out. Never doubted it myself till I met a computer with a sense of humor." Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Gert Doering - Munich, Germany g...@greenie.muc.de signature.asc Description: PGP signature -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot___ Openvpn-devel mailing list Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
Re: [Openvpn-devel] Minimum Linux Version for OpenVPN 2.4.x
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. 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. IIRC, since OpenVPN 2.2, we have had RHEL 5 as the oldest supported Linux distribution, which was based on kernel 2.6.18. With OpenVPN 2.4, that moved up to RHEL 6 (kernel 2.6.32 baseline). -- kind regards, David Sommerseth OpenVPN Inc signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot___ Openvpn-devel mailing list Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
Re: [Openvpn-devel] Minimum Linux Version for OpenVPN 2.4.x
Am 22.05.18 um 19:32 schrieb Marvin: > 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.) Short answer: We are not sure but pretty old kernel should be okay. But if it compiles it should run. Arne P.S.: Even hardended kernels contain the security problems that are found. -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ Openvpn-devel mailing list Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
[Openvpn-devel] Minimum Linux Version for OpenVPN 2.4.x
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.) Thank you, Marvin -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot___ Openvpn-devel mailing list Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
