Re: [Openvpn-users] openvpn-2.0_beta4 --mode server in Bridged configuration

[James Y. <ji...@yo...>]

Adam Pavelec <apa...@be...> said:

> On Monday, June 14, 2004 4:26 PM [GMT-5=EST], Sam Dunham <sam...@im...>
> wrote:
> 
> > Actually, when I run the vars script, I still get the message that you
> > have to define KEY_DIR. I ended up doing all the variable exports
> > manually.
> 
> Which attributes of the certs need to be the same; and which attributes need
> to be different?
> 
> I initially created certs for both the server and client with the exact same
> parameters and received an error while creating the client cert (TXT_DB
> error number 2), apparently because its attributes were identical to the
> server's cert.
> 
> Then I created a server key with a commonName of something like
> 'OpenVPN-Server' and then used 'OpenVPN-Client' for the client's cert.
> 
> When I test the connection using the custom-tailored sample configs from the
> release notes, the TLS handshake fails, and the server spits out "Error:
> Windows resource limit WSA_MAXIMUM_WAIT_EVENTS (64) has been exceeded"
> errors while the client reports "TLS Error: Unroutable control packet
> received from ip.address.of.server:port (si=3 op=P_CONTROL_V1)".

The WSA_MAXIMUM_WAIT_EVENTS error is a real bug in beta4 and has been fixed in
beta5.

James