New version of OpenVPN Access Server has been released.

Today a new version of OpenVPN Access Server has been released. The OpenVPN Access Server (OpenVPN-AS) is a set of installation and configuration tools that simplify the rapid deployment of a remote access VPN server. It is based on the popular open-source software OpenVPN, allowing you to work with a configured VPN server using cross-platform client software. The features provided by the server are a carefully selected set of all possible OpenVPN configurations. Thus, OpenVPN-AS simplifies the setup and subsequent management of the system. Read on to find out what's new in version 1.7.1.

• Added support for OpenVPN clients compiled without LZO support (it is necessary that OpenVPN clients be built with the ./configure --enable-lzo-stub option).
• The variable vpn.routing.allow_mcast has been added, allowing you to apply Iptables rules that allow UDP Multicast and IGMP packets to be exchanged between the server and the client.
• 64-bit certificate serial numbers are supported.
• Fixed a bug observed during authentication, in which the response to authentication, which contained more than a certain number of characters, caused the server to fail, and the user name was considered empty.
• Fixed a bug where clients grouped into a group could not access the gateway due to the fact that connecting to the gateway did not create a route that needed to send a response to clients.
• An issue with a Mac OS X DHCP client that overwrites DNS settings issued by the VPN server has been resolved.
• A serious work has been done on the management session interface. This should eliminate the problem of long sessions, in which the session was broken off after about 6 hours from the beginning of the connection.
• Critical fix for UCARP - reliably handles the event in which the virtual IP address of the UPARP has not been removed properly since the previous connection.
• Fixed some stability issues in the client web interface when the Access Server starts up in External PKI mode.
• The Mac OS X client can now provide its MAC address to the VPN server to authenticate the host.
• Added error messages for disabled users, revoked certificates, AS license key expiration.
• The tray now provides more information about the connection status.
• If access to the Access Server is configured by name ( hostname ), and the client tries to access it by its IP address from a browser, then it is redirected to a page with an IP address and vice versa.
• When switching between servers, the question window is canceled.
• When switching to a server accessible by IP address, and provided that another server is already connected, the connection status page for the connected server is not displayed.

OpenVPN-AS web interface

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A complete list of changes can be found here .
Distribution for CentOS, Ubuntu / Debian, Redhat, Fedora is available here .
Distribution for virtual platforms is here .
A detailed description of the installation of OpenVPN-AS can be found here .