prepared release openvpn 2.5.8 , a package for creating virtual private networks that allows you to organize a encrypted connection between two client machines or ensure the operation of a centralized VPN server for the simultaneous operation of several customers. Openvpn code is distributed under the GPLV2 license, ready -made binary bags form for Debian, Ubuntu, Centos, Rhel and Windows.
in The new version is allowed to operate the default configuration with TLS bibliots that do not have BF-CBC support (Blowfish in CBC mode). For example, BlowFish is not supported in the Opensl 3.0 library, the initial support of which is transferred from the OpenVPN 2.6 branch. Earlier, the presence of BF-CBC in the list of ciphers supported by default led to the conclusion of errors, even if the BF-CBC was not used when coordinating the connection. In addition to correcting errors in the new version, there is also an expansion of the test set and adding the name GIT-vegetation and the command identifier to the line with the OpenVPN version in the assembly for Windows.