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Pick locations for the CA and each entity that will be assigned certs. PKI procedure: using a separate CA system This will allow you to use -ns-cert-type with OpenVPN. If you really need the old, deprecated behavior, enable the Netscape extensions by reading vars.example before signing certs with your CA. Please use the -remote-cert-tls directive in your OpenVPN config files for MITM protection.

This is deprecated behavior, and Easy-RSA 3 does not enable this by default like v2 did. Important note: some OpenVPN configs rely on the deprecated "Netscape" cert attribute called nsCertType. On your OpenVPN server, generate DH parameters (see the DH Generation section of this Howto)Įasy-RSA and MITM protection with OpenVPN.Send the certificate requests to the CA, where the CA signs and returns a valid certificate.

Configure secondary PKI environments on your server and each client and generate a keypair & request on them.

To use Easy-RSA to set up a new OpenVPN PKI, you will: The CA should ideally be on a secure environment (whatever that means to you.) Loss/theft of the CA key destroys the security of the entire PKI. The best way to create a PKI for OpenVPN is to separate your CA duty from each server & client. Skip to the : Beginners Guide Process Overview This Howto walks through the use of Easy-RSA v3 with OpenVPN.