@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/DeprecatedOptions
This option was made into a NOOP option with OpenVPN 2.4. This has now
been completely removed.
+- ``--client-cert-not-required`` has been removed
+ This option will now cause server configurations to not start. Use
+ ``--verify-client-cert none`` instead.
+
User-visible Changes
--------------------
- If multiple connect handlers are used (client-connect, ccd, connect
@@ -446,8 +446,6 @@ static const char usage_message[] =
" Only valid in a client-specific config file.\n"
"--disable : Client is disabled.\n"
" Only valid in a client-specific config file.\n"
- "--client-cert-not-required : (DEPRECATED) Don't require client certificate, client\n"
- " will authenticate using username/password.\n"
"--verify-client-cert [none|optional|require] : perform no, optional or\n"
" mandatory client certificate verification.\n"
" Default is to require the client to supply a certificate.\n"
@@ -2476,7 +2474,7 @@ options_postprocess_verify_ce(const struct options *options, const struct connec
}
if (options->ssl_flags & (SSLF_CLIENT_CERT_NOT_REQUIRED|SSLF_CLIENT_CERT_OPTIONAL))
{
- msg(M_USAGE, "--client-cert-not-required and --verify-client-cert require --mode server");
+ msg(M_USAGE, "--verify-client-cert require --mode server");
}
if (options->ssl_flags & SSLF_USERNAME_AS_COMMON_NAME)
{
@@ -2539,7 +2537,7 @@ options_postprocess_verify_ce(const struct options *options, const struct connec
if (options->ssl_flags & (SSLF_CLIENT_CERT_NOT_REQUIRED|SSLF_CLIENT_CERT_OPTIONAL))
{
msg(M_WARN, "WARNING: POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS OPTION "
- "--verify-client-cert none|optional (or --client-cert-not-required) "
+ "--verify-client-cert none|optional "
"may accept clients which do not present a certificate");
}
@@ -6935,8 +6933,7 @@ add_option(struct options *options,
else if (streq(p[0], "client-cert-not-required") && !p[1])
{
VERIFY_PERMISSION(OPT_P_GENERAL);
- options->ssl_flags |= SSLF_CLIENT_CERT_NOT_REQUIRED;
- msg(M_WARN, "DEPRECATED OPTION: --client-cert-not-required, use --verify-client-cert instead");
+ msg(M_FATAL, "REMOVED OPTION: --client-cert-not-required, use '--verify-client-cert none' instead");
}
else if (streq(p[0], "verify-client-cert") && !p[2])
{
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ is to be answered with the constant value "mydomain.com":
The following OpenVPN directives can also influence
the operation of this plugin:
- client-cert-not-required
+ verify-client-cert none
username-as-common-name
static-challenge
This removes support for the --client-cert-not-required option. To avoid starting a server with this option just ignored, which would make it impossible for existing clients to connect it will exit with instructions to replace this option with --verify-client-cert none. Signed-off-by: David Sommerseth <davids@openvpn.net> --- v2 - Include update to Changes.rst --- Changes.rst | 4 ++++ src/openvpn/options.c | 9 +++------ src/plugins/auth-pam/README.auth-pam | 2 +- 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)