> I just had "dev tun" and did not define "dev-node".  Worked great.
> It found an available tun device.

Hot damn.  I'll have to try that.   ;-)


> I used certificates for my users, no pre-shared keys except for the
> "tls-auth" which is pretty much equivalent to the Cisco group password.

Sorry, I used the wrong words.

In openvpn, each individual client gets a private key or a private
certificate.  If that key or cert were acquired by anyone other than the
intended end user, it would be possible for someone unauthorized to get in.

Basically, this is a one-stage authentication, and I don't think openvpn
supports two or more.  Ideally, authentication will require both something
physical and something known.  (A preshared key or a certificate which is
too large for a human to be expected to memorize or type it in, can be used
as a substitute for something physical as a key.)  Ideally, no user could
even receive the password prompt unless they've already passed the physical
authentication.

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