Bug #8608
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openVPN export package doesn't export compression settings
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Description
I did the test with openVPN server configured with those options activated
--> compression : lz4-v2
--> Push Compression : Push the selected Compression setting to connecting clients.
in the server configuration file it's
--> compress lz4-v2
--> push "compress lz4-v2"
The configuration exported is missing compression settings and and the client give alerts (in red) but the tunnel still goes up.
The workaround I found is to just add "compress" in the the custom options in the openvpn client exporter. According to my understanding of the man page and my test, the client will accept the compression settings from the server.
Updated by Jim Pingle over 6 years ago
- Status changed from New to Not a Bug
It doesn't put it there because it isn't necessary to. With OpenVPN 2.4 the compression setting can be pushed, it does not need to be hardcoded on the client. That way if the server compression changes, the clients do not need to be updated. Actually if you check "push" then it would be wrong to put a directive on the client side, since it would be overriden.
Make sure the clients are all on the most recent version of OpenVPN.