-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora EPEL Update Notification FEDORA-EPEL-2017-5c642f8063 2017-04-08 21:42:58.524278 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : openvpn Product : Fedora EPEL 7 Version : 2.4.1 Release : 2.el7 URL : https://community.openvpn.net/ Summary : A full-featured SSL VPN solution Description : OpenVPN is a robust and highly flexible tunneling application that uses all of the encryption, authentication, and certification features of the OpenSSL library to securely tunnel IP networks over a single UDP or TCP port. It can use the Marcus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumers LZO library for compression.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information:
Updating to upstream OpenVPN v2.4.1. This update re-introduces a **DEPRECATED** feature to, **--tls-remote** to enable v2.3 installations to upgrade. Users are **STRONGLY** encouraged to update their configurations to use the newer option, **--verify-x509-name**. This also adds two new unit files (openvpn- server@.service and openvpn-client@.service) which will replace the deprecated openvpn@.service. See the packaged **README.systemd** for more information The deprecated openvpn@.service unit file have also been updated to make use of OpenVPN v2.4's improved systemd integration, removing the need for PID files. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1435036 - openvpn-2.4.1 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1435036 [ 2 ] Bug #850257 - Introduce new systemd-rpm macros in openvpn spec file https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=850257 [ 3 ] Bug #1435831 - openvpn@.service uses --daemon and --writepid https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1435831 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use su -c 'yum update openvpn' at the command line. For more information, refer to "YUM", available at https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/htm...
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