Strong HMAC authentication (SHA256, SHA512) that is supported by OpenVPN cannot be selected

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Even though the higher crypto hash options are now selectable, the connection does not appear to complete successfully. Let me see if I can find more evidence of why that it...

The problem is that NetworkManager builds a bad command line script. To fix this specific issue, it is really as simple as updating NM to pass the additional CLI option: --auth <hash>

For example, for sha512, just pass: --auth sha512 to the built parameter via /usr/sbin/openvpn ...

A bigger problem though is that Networkmanager should support .ovpn (openvpn conf files). Currently, NM does not allow users to import them, but this would fix MANY other issues where users complain that NM is not accepting their parameters. If NM wants to work properly with existing .ovpn files, all that needs to be done is to accept a config file from the user in the GUI and then build the CLI parameters to include the --config <ovpn-file>.

Eg: /usr/sbin/openvpn ... --config myconfig.ovpn ...

@ Kristian Erik Hernansen

You have subscribed me to this report, but that's unnecessary. I set priority to all confirmed bugs, usually in less than a day.

Well, except those not tagged.

Please:
- Report to <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/>
- Paste the new report URL here.
- Set this bug status back to confirmed.

Thank you.

OK, reason I did so is because this bug appears to have been neglected for
~18 months, since 2013-08-26. More and more people are reporting similar
issues online, although not necessary via the Ubuntu bug tracker. I will
try to push upstream...thanks

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 6:40 PM Alberto Salvia Novella <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Please:
> - Report to <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/>
> - Paste the new report URL here.
> - Set this bug status back to confirmed.
>
> Thank you.
>
> ** Changed in: network-manager-openvpn (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
> ** Tags added: asked-to-upstream
>
> ** Tags added: lucid precise trusty utopic vivid
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Upstream Gnome bug is here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746429

Thank you.