openvpn3-airvpn

OpenVPN 3 is a C++ class library that implements the functionality of an OpenVPN client, and is protocol-compatible with the OpenVPN 2.x branch.

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OpenVPN 3 is a C++ class library that implements the functionality of an OpenVPN client, and is protocol-compatible with the OpenVPN 2.x branch.

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woodruffw·Jan 9, 2020

I might be missing it, but where is the actual OpenVPN source for this fork? There are only a few files in the `src` directory, and most of them appear to be wrapping shell commands and the iptables/netfilter API. Edit: It appears to be here: https://github.com/AirVPN/openvpn3-airvpn

In Hummingbird – AirVPN's free and open source OpenVPN 3 client

bscphil·Jan 9, 2020

> Why are these changes not being contributed upstream? Perhaps more importantly, what are these supposedly "critical bug fixes"? How do you make a claim like that without clearly documenting it? Are there security impacts? CVEs? Edit: if you click through to the actual library page[1], it makes no claims that I can find about "tons of critical bug fixes". I'm beginning to suspect that may be some extremely misleading marketing speak that made it into the README. Edit: looking through the list of changes[2] does not inspire a lot of confidence in their fork. [1] https://github.com/AirVPN/openvpn3-airvpn [2] https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn3/compare/master...AirVPN:...

In Hummingbird – AirVPN's free and open source OpenVPN 3 client