@@ -4398,6 +4398,8 @@  NCP server (v2.4+) with "\-\-cipher BF\-CBC" and "\-\-ncp\-ciphers
 AES\-256\-GCM:AES\-256\-CBC" set can either specify "\-\-cipher BF\-CBC" or
 "\-\-cipher AES\-256\-CBC" and both will work.
 
+Note, for using NCP with a OpenVPN 2.4 server this list must include
+the AES\-256\-GCM and AES\-128\-GCM ciphers.
 .\"*********************************************************
 .TP
 .B \-\-ncp\-disable
@@ -2827,6 +2827,7 @@  do_init_crypto_tls(struct context *c, const unsigned int flags)
     to.tcp_mode = link_socket_proto_connection_oriented(options->ce.proto);
     to.config_ciphername = c->c1.ciphername;
     to.config_authname = c->c1.authname;
+    to.config_ncp_ciphers = options->ncp_ciphers;
     to.ncp_enabled = options->ncp_enabled;
     to.transition_window = options->transition_window;
     to.handshake_window = options->handshake_window;
@@ -2322,7 +2322,9 @@  push_peer_info(struct buffer *buf, struct tls_session *session)
 
         /* support for Negotiable Crypto Parameters */
         if (session->opt->ncp_enabled
-            && (session->opt->mode == MODE_SERVER || session->opt->pull))
+            && (session->opt->mode == MODE_SERVER || session->opt->pull)
+            && tls_item_in_cipher_list("AES-128-GCM", session->opt->config_ncp_ciphers)
+            && tls_item_in_cipher_list("AES-256-GCM", session->opt->config_ncp_ciphers))
         {
             buf_printf(&out, "IV_NCP=2\n");
         }
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@  struct tls_options
 
     const char *config_ciphername;
     const char *config_authname;
+    const char *config_ncp_ciphers;
     bool ncp_enabled;
 
     bool tls_crypt_v2;
 
  
We currently always announce IV_NCP=2 when we support these ciphers even when we do not accept them. This lead to a server pushing a AES-GCM-128 cipher to clients and the client then rejecting it. Patch V2: Remove unecessary restoring of ncp_ciphers Patch V3: Do not add ncp_ciphers in context Signed-off-by: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> --- doc/openvpn.8 | 2 ++ src/openvpn/init.c | 1 + src/openvpn/ssl.c | 4 +++- src/openvpn/ssl_common.h | 1 + 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)