OpenVPN constantly dropping

Madison Kelly linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org
Thu Jun 11 19:29:22 UTC 2009


Robert Brockway wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jun 2009, Madison Kelly wrote:
> 
>> Got it!
>>
>> I setup a second computer using the same certificate... Doh!
> 
> "That's not a bug that's a feature!" :)
> 
> The error message in Madi's post mentioned this but it is worth 
> expanding on:  OpenVPN will not allow two computers with the same Common 
> Name (CN) to connect at the same time by default.  This bevaviour can be 
> disabled at the server, eg if you are using a shared cert.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Rob

Exactly what I did. Just uncommented the 'duplicate-cn' entry in the 
server's config file and restarted. Been fine since. :)

Madi
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