As OpenVPN configuration files are simply text files, you can also check if an OpenVPN configuration is malicious by opening the file up in Notepad or another text editor.

Place this file and the ca.crt, remote1.crt, and remote1.key files in a new directory, perhaps called openvpn, under your Documents folder. Now that we have our OpenVPN config file, we need a VPN ...

Remember also that the files ca.crt, minion.crt, minion.key and ta.key specified by the parameters ca, cert, key and tls-auth, respectively, need to be generated beforehand and placed alongside the ...

In the former case, the company used an XML model to generate OpenVPN configuration files which cannot be edited by users, and in the latter, OpenVPN config files were relocated to the ...

If you’ve ever explored VPN settings or read a tech guide, chances are you’ve seen the term OpenVPN pop up. But what exactly is it? Is it an app, a ...

However, by reading the OpenVPN source code of the configuration file parser, it’s possible to still insert script that’s valid for OpenVPN to bypass these checks of the VPN services, the ...

Looking through the OpenVPN source code for the configuration file parser, Rascagnares noticed that these controls were insufficient and the same effect could be achieved by placing the parameters ...

The initial vulnerability was due to OpenVPN being able to select a malevolent configuration file when choosing a VPN configuration, which could then give access to private information and hacking ...

I'm going to post this much, then switch over to my laptop, ssh in and grab my OpenVPN config file and post it behind a spoiler cut to see if there's anything obviously wrong there.