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Client Certificate for OpenVPN

Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:20 am
by dedidata
Hi,
I set up the OpenVPN and I use generated file on my Windows and also my Android app
Everythings are ok on the Windows and I don't get any warning when I connect
But on the Android, Every time I want to connect, I get this warning:

This profile doesn't include a client certificate. Continue connecting without a certificate or select one from the Android keychain

There are 2 options of CONTNUE and SELECT CERTIFICATE (Select Doesn't work - nothing happen!)
Although I can connect by pushing on "CONTNUE", but I prefer to connect using a certificate,
I have another OPEN VPN profile, which I use User/Pass for authentication But it has a certificate in the profile for the client, And when I connect using it, I don't get any warning

So How can I generate a client certificate and include it in my Open VPN profile?
Thank you

Re: Client Certificate for OpenVPN

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 5:21 am
by thisjun
SoftEther VPN doesn't support cert auth with OpenVPN.

Re: Client Certificate for OpenVPN

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:33 pm
by WideOpen
you will need to add a dummy client cert to the profile.
The latest version of seems to not do this when you export the profile

add this to the end of it

###############################################################################
# The client certificate file (dummy).
#
# In some implementations of OpenVPN Client software
# (for example: OpenVPN Client for iOS),
# a pair of client certificate and private key must be included on the
# configuration file due to the limitation of the client.
# So this sample configuration file has a dummy pair of client certificate
# and private key as follows.

<cert>
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----

</cert>

<key>
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIEpAIBAAKCAQEA5h2lgQQYUjwoKYJbzVZA5VcIGd5otPc/qZRMt0KItCFA0s9R
wReNVa9fDRFLRBhcITOlv3FBcW3E8h1Us7RD4W8GmJe8zapJnLsD39OSMRCzZJnc
zW4OCH1PZRZWKqDtjlNca9AF8a65jTmlDxCQCjntLIWk5OLLVkFt9/tScc1GDtci
55ofhaNAYMPiH7V8+1g66pGHXAoWK6AQVH67XCKJnGB5nlQ+HsMYPV/O49Ld91ZN
/2tHkcaLLyNtywxVPRSsRh480jju0fcCsv6hp/0yXnTB//mWutBGpdUlIbwiITbA
mrsbYnjigRvnPqX1RNJUbi9Fp6C2c/HIFJGDywIDAQABAoIBAERV7X5AvxA8uRiK
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Fq0nhIq42fhEO8srfYYwgQKBgQCyhi1N/8taRwpk+3/IDEzQwjbfdzUkWWSDk9Xs
H/pkuRHWfTMP3flWqEYgW/LW40peW2HDq5imdV8+AgZxe/XMbaji9Lgwf1RY005n
KxaZQz7yqHupWlLGF68DPHxkZVVSagDnV/sztWX6SFsCqFVnxIXifXGC4cW5Nm9g
va8q4QKBgQCEhLVeUfdwKvkZ94g/GFz731Z2hrdVhgMZaU/u6t0V95+YezPNCQZB
wmE9Mmlbq1emDeROivjCfoGhR3kZXW1pTKlLh6ZMUQUOpptdXva8XxfoqQwa3enA
M7muBbF0XN7VO80iJPv+PmIZdEIAkpwKfi201YB+BafCIuGxIF50Vg==
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

</key>

Re: Client Certificate for OpenVPN

Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 10:16 pm
by macbookprouser
Hmm,

Tried adding dummy CERT's but no luck. No stuck on trying to establish connection and then time out.
Would like to check log information on connection attempts, any suggestions?

I am using macbook Pro and Mojave

Cheers

Re: Client Certificate for OpenVPN

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:27 pm
by Safdar
dedidata wrote:
Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:20 am
Hi,
I set up the OpenVPN and I use generated file on my Windows and also my Android app
Everythings are ok on the Windows and I don't get any warning when I connect
But on the Android, Every time I want to connect, I get this warning:

This profile doesn't include a client certificate. Continue connecting without a certificate or select one from the Android keychain

There are 2 options of CONTNUE and SELECT CERTIFICATE (Select Doesn't work - nothing happen!)
Although I can connect by pushing on "CONTNUE", but I prefer to connect using a certificate,
I have another OPEN VPN profile, which I use User/Pass for authentication But it has a certificate in the profile for the client, And when I connect using it, I don't get any warning

So How can I generate a client certificate and include it in my Open VPN profile?
Thank you
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