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Re: [Openvpn-users] easy-rsa questions


  • Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] easy-rsa questions
  • From: Erich Titl <erich.titl@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:17:18 +0100

Hi

Drew Boone schrieb:
> On Mar 3, 2007, at 2:55 AM, Erich Titl wrote:
..

>>>
>> Unless you change the CA cert, no
> 
> So, the next obvious question is... How would I create additional  
> keys? I have looked through this mailing list's archive and the  
> howto's for openvpn and haven't found any details on this.

You obviously created certificates to start with, just continue. I hope
you saved your easy_rsa files. Most of the time I am _not_ using
easy_rsa but another interface to openssl. There have been multiple
references to your problem in the list lately.

Basically you need to just rerun build_key_whatever for another
certificate. I _believe_ you have to reread the parameters in order to
have the same ca environment as before. The parameters are kept in the
vars file, so you have to call . ./vars

> 
>>> 2. Is it possible to create additional client keys in future  
>>> without  starting from scratch?
>>>
>> Sure
>>> 3. How is the ca.key accessed by OpenVPN, it doesn't seem to be   
>>> referenced in the config files I have looked at.
>>>
>> Without seeing the config anyone can just guess
> 
> I guess I was vague here. One could read what I wrote to mean, "I  
> haven't found a reference to ca.key in the config files on my  
> server". This is certainly true. However, I haven't found reference  
> to the ca.key in the sample config files on the openvpn website  
> either. So, if the ca.key file is not referenced in the config file,  
> generally speaking, how does OpenVPN make use of this file?

It could be inside a pkcs12 file if you are using those.

Erich
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