TLS handshake failed - what to fix ?

melchior

Noob reporting in.

I have an VPS instance running CentOS 6.4. My own machine is a Windows 7.
The objective is to route and encrypt everything through VPN to the CentOS machine i.e. web browsing, irc, torrent, gaming.
I am reading through the manuals right now but much of it are undecipherable to me. Requesting help from those who have gone before.

The tutorial I was using is :
http://www.tech-and-dev.com/2013/01/installing-and-configuring-openvpn-on-centos-6.html

The error message I got when trying to connect :

Thu Apr 25 19:39:30 2013 Warning: cannot open --log file: C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\log\server.log: Access is denied.   (errno=5)
Thu Apr 25 19:39:30 2013 OpenVPN 2.3.1 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [PKCS11] [eurephia] [IPv6] built on Mar 28 2013
Thu Apr 25 19:39:30 2013 MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25340
Thu Apr 25 19:39:30 2013 Need hold release from management interface, waiting...
Thu Apr 25 19:39:30 2013 MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25340
Thu Apr 25 19:39:31 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'state on'
Thu Apr 25 19:39:31 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'log all on'
Thu Apr 25 19:39:31 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold off'
Thu Apr 25 19:39:31 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold release'
Thu Apr 25 19:39:31 2013 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled.  See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.
Thu Apr 25 19:39:31 2013 NOTE: OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executables
Thu Apr 25 19:39:31 2013 Socket Buffers: R=[8192->8192] S=[8192->8192]
Thu Apr 25 19:39:31 2013 UDPv4 link local: [undef]
Thu Apr 25 19:39:31 2013 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]198.58.208.37:1194
Thu Apr 25 19:39:31 2013 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1366954771,WAIT,,,
Thu Apr 25 19:40:31 2013 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
Thu Apr 25 19:40:31 2013 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
Thu Apr 25 19:40:31 2013 SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting
Thu Apr 25 19:40:31 2013 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1366954831,RECONNECTING,tls-error,,
Thu Apr 25 19:40:31 2013 Restart pause, 2 second(s)

My configuration files.
server.conf

port 1194 #- port
proto udp #- protocol

dev tun
tun-mtu 1500
tun-mtu-extra 32
mssfix 1450
reneg-sec 0

ca /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0/keys/ca.crt
cert /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0/keys/server.crt
key /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0/keys/server.key
dh /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0/keys/dh1024.pem
plugin /usr/share/openvpn/plugin/lib/openvpn-auth-pam.so /etc/pam.d/login #- Comment this line if you are using FreeRADIUS
#plugin /etc/openvpn/radiusplugin.so /etc/openvpn/radiusplugin.cnf #- Uncomment this line if you are using FreeRADIUS
client-cert-not-required
username-as-common-name
server 10.8.155.77 255.255.255.0
push "redirect-gateway def1"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4"
keepalive 5 30
comp-lzo
persist-key
persist-tun
status 1194.log
verb 3

server.ovpn on windows

client
dev tun
proto udp
remote <the server ip address> <and port>
resolv-retry 3
nobind
tun-mtu 1500
tun-mtu-extra 32
mssfix 1450
persist-key
persist-tun
ca ca.crt
auth-user-pass login.conf
comp-lzo
reneg-sec 0
verb 3

melchior

# iptables -L
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ssh
ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:openvpn
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp spt:openvpn
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere

mwandelaar

The logfile says it takes more than 1 minute to complete the handshake.
And as 1 minute is allready very long, this should not be happening anyway.

Can you post the logging from the server-side also?
It should me in /var/log/messages

melchior

Dang, I am beginning to think that the reason it wont work is because I got firewalled by my school :-(
There is no record in the log of anyone attempting to connect.
Incoming block of text (where oh where is the [spoiler] tag):

/var/log/messages

Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: imklog 5.8.10, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="5.8.10" x-pid="23097" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] start
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Linux version 2.6.32-358.6.1.el6.x86_64 (mockbuild@c6b9.bsys.dev.centos.org) (gcc version 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-3) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Tue Apr 23 19:29:00 UTC 2013
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Command line: root=/dev/xvda1 ro
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: KERNEL supported cpus:
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel:  Intel GenuineIntel
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel:  AMD AuthenticAMD
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel:  Centaur CentaurHauls
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: ACPI in unprivileged domain disabled
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: released 0 pages of unused memory
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Xen: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000a0000 (usable)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Xen: 00000000000a0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Xen: 0000000000100000 - 0000000020000000 (usable)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: DMI not present or invalid.
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: last_pfn = 0x20000 max_arch_pfn = 0x400000000
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: init_memory_mapping: 0000000000000000-0000000020000000
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: RAMDISK: 0203c000 - 044ed000
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: No NUMA configuration found
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Faking a node at 0000000000000000-0000000020000000
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Bootmem setup node 0 0000000000000000-0000000020000000
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel:  NODE_DATA [0000000000008000 - 000000000003bfff]
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel:  bootmap [000000000003c000 -  000000000003ffff] pages 4
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: (7 early reservations) ==> bootmem [0000000000 - 0020000000]
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel:  #0 [0000000000 - 0000001000]   BIOS data page ==> [0000000000 - 0000001000]
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel:  #1 [00045f0000 - 0004617000]   XEN PAGETABLES ==> [00045f0000 - 0004617000]
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel:  #2 [0000006000 - 0000008000]       TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000006000 - 0000008000]
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel:  #3 [0001000000 - 000201b0a4]    TEXT DATA BSS ==> [0001000000 - 000201b0a4]
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel:  #4 [000203c000 - 00044ed000]          RAMDISK ==> [000203c000 - 00044ed000]
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel:  #5 [00044ed000 - 00045f0000]   XEN START INFO ==> [00044ed000 - 00045f0000]
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel:  #6 [0000100000 - 00001d8000]          PGTABLE ==> [0000100000 - 00001d8000]
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Zone PFN ranges:
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel:  DMA      0x00000001 -> 0x00001000
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel:  DMA32    0x00001000 -> 0x00100000
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel:  Normal   0x00100000 -> 0x00100000
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Movable zone start PFN for each node
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: early_node_map[2] active PFN ranges
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel:    0: 0x00000001 -> 0x000000a0
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel:    0: 0x00000100 -> 0x00020000
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: SFI: Simple Firmware Interface v0.7 http://simplefirmware.org
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: SMP: Allowing 8 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: No local APIC present
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: APIC: disable apic facility
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000a0000 - 0000000000100000
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Allocating PCI resources starting at 20000000 (gap: 20000000:e0000000)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Booting paravirtualized kernel on Xen
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Xen version: 4.2.1 (preserve-AD)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: NR_CPUS:4096 nr_cpumask_bits:8 nr_cpu_ids:8 nr_node_ids:1
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: PERCPU: Embedded 31 pages/cpu @ffff88000464d000 s94552 r8192 d24232 u126976
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: pcpu-alloc: s94552 r8192 d24232 u126976 alloc=31*4096
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: pcpu-alloc: [0] 0 [0] 1 [0] 2 [0] 3 [0] 4 [0] 5 [0] 6 [0] 7
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Xen: using vcpu_info placement
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Built 1 zonelists in Node order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 128964
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Policy zone: DMA32
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Kernel command line: root=/dev/xvda1 ro
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Checking aperture...
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: No AGP bridge found
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Memory: 459116k/524288k available (5221k kernel code, 388k absent, 64784k reserved, 7120k data, 1264k init)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Hierarchical RCU implementation.
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: NR_IRQS:33024 nr_irqs:336
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Console: colour dummy device 80x25
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: console [tty0] enabled
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: console [hvc0] enabled
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: allocated 2097152 bytes of page_cgroup
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: please try 'cgroup_disable=memory' option if you don't want memory cgroups
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: installing Xen timer for CPU 0
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Detected 3500.086 MHz processor.
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 7000.17 BogoMIPS (lpj=3500086)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Security Framework initialized
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: SELinux:  Initializing.
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Mount-cache hash table entries: 256
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys ns
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys memory
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys devices
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys freezer
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys net_cls
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys blkio
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys perf_event
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Initializing cgroup subsys net_prio
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: CPU: CPU feature constant_tsc disabled on xen guest
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: CPU: Unsupported number of siblings 16
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: alternatives: switching to unfair spinlock
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: ftrace: converting mcount calls to 0f 1f 44 00 00
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: ftrace: allocating 21432 entries in 85 pages
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Performance Events: unsupported p6 CPU model 58 no PMU driver, software events only.
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: NMI watchdog disabled (cpu0): hardware events not enabled
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: installing Xen timer for CPU 1
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: CPU: CPU feature constant_tsc disabled on xen guest
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: CPU: Unsupported number of siblings 16
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: installing Xen timer for CPU 2
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: CPU: CPU feature constant_tsc disabled on xen guest
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: CPU: Unsupported number of siblings 16
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: installing Xen timer for CPU 3
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: CPU: CPU feature constant_tsc disabled on xen guest
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: CPU: Unsupported number of siblings 16
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: installing Xen timer for CPU 4
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: CPU: CPU feature constant_tsc disabled on xen guest
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: CPU: Unsupported number of siblings 16
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: installing Xen timer for CPU 5
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: CPU: CPU feature constant_tsc disabled on xen guest
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: CPU: Unsupported number of siblings 16
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: installing Xen timer for CPU 6
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: CPU: CPU feature constant_tsc disabled on xen guest
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: CPU: Unsupported number of siblings 16
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: installing Xen timer for CPU 7
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: CPU: CPU feature constant_tsc disabled on xen guest
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: CPU: Unsupported number of siblings 16
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Brought up 8 CPUs
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: devtmpfs: initialized
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Grant table initialized
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: regulator: core version 0.5
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 16
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: PCI: Fatal: No config space access function found
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: ACPI: Interpreter disabled.
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: xen_balloon: Initialising balloon driver.
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: last_pfn = 0x20000 max_arch_pfn = 0x400000000
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: vgaarb: loaded
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: usbcore: registered new device driver usb
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: PCI: System does not support PCI
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: PCI: System does not support PCI
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: NetLabel: Initializing
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: NetLabel:  domain hash size = 128
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: NetLabel:  protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: NetLabel:  unlabeled traffic allowed by default
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Switching to clocksource xen
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: pnp: PnP ACPI: disabled
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 2
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: IP route cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: TCP established hash table entries: 16384 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: TCP bind hash table entries: 16384 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 16384)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: TCP reno registered
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 1
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs...
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Freeing initrd memory: 37572k freed
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: platform rtc_cmos: registered platform RTC device (no PNP device found)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: type=2000 audit(1366886367.618:1): initialized
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: HugeTLB registered 2 MB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: msgmni has been set to 970
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: alg: No test for stdrng (krng)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: ksign: Installing public key data
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Loading keyring
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: - Added public key 977609DD4EE9087A
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: - User ID: CentOS (Kernel Module GPG key)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 251)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: io scheduler noop registered
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: io scheduler anticipatory registered
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: io scheduler deadline registered
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: io scheduler cfq registered (default)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: acpiphp: ACPI Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.5
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: ipmi message handler version 39.2
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: IPMI System Interface driver.
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: ipmi_si: Adding default-specified kcs state machine
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: ipmi_si: Trying default-specified kcs state machine at i/o address 0xca2, slave address 0x0, irq 0
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Could not set up I/O space
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Trying to free nonexistent resource <0000000000000ca2-0000000000000ca2>
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Trying to free nonexistent resource <0000000000000ca3-0000000000000ca3>
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: ipmi_si: Adding default-specified smic state machine
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: ipmi_si: Trying default-specified smic state machine at i/o address 0xca9, slave address 0x0, irq 0
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Could not set up I/O space
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Trying to free nonexistent resource <0000000000000ca9-0000000000000ca9>
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Trying to free nonexistent resource <0000000000000caa-0000000000000caa>
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Trying to free nonexistent resource <0000000000000cab-0000000000000cab>
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: ipmi_si: Adding default-specified bt state machine
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: ipmi_si: Trying default-specified bt state machine at i/o address 0xe4, slave address 0x0, irq 0
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Could not set up I/O space
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Trying to free nonexistent resource <00000000000000e4-00000000000000e4>
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Trying to free nonexistent resource <00000000000000e5-00000000000000e5>
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Trying to free nonexistent resource <00000000000000e6-00000000000000e6>
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: ipmi_si: Unable to find any System Interface(s)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Non-volatile memory driver v1.3
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Linux agpgart interface v0.103
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: crash memory driver: version 1.1
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: brd: module loaded
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: loop: module loaded
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Fixed MDIO Bus: probed
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly.
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: rtc_cmos: probe of rtc_cmos failed with error -16
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: cpuidle: using governor ladder
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: cpuidle: using governor menu
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: EFI Variables Facility v0.08 2004-May-17
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: TCP cubic registered
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Initializing XFRM netlink socket
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 17
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: registered taskstats version 1
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/51713
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/51714
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vif/0
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: drivers/rtc/hctosys.c: unable to open rtc device (rtc0)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Initalizing network drop monitor service
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 1264k freed
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 10240k
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 904k freed
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 1676k freed
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: dracut: dracut-004-303.el6
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: device-mapper: ioctl: 4.23.6-ioctl (2012-07-25) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: udev: starting version 147
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: dracut: Starting plymouth daemon
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: xlblk_init: register_blkdev major: 202
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: blkfront: xvda1: barriers disabled
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: blkfront: xvda2: barriers disabled
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: EXT3-fs (xvda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: dracut: Remounting /dev/xvda1 with -o relatime,ro
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: EXT3-fs (xvda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: dracut: Mounted root filesystem /dev/xvda1
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: dracut: Loading SELinux policy
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: dracut: SELinux: Could not open policy file <= /etc/selinux/targeted/policy/policy.24: No such file or directory
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: dracut: Switching root
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: udev: starting version 147
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Initialising Xen virtual ethernet driver.
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: EXT3-fs (xvda1): using internal journal
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: Adding 524280k swap on /dev/xvda2.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:524280k SS
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 10
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: tun0: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (3910 buckets, 15640 max)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (3910 buckets, 15640 max)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (3910 buckets, 15640 max)
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: tun0: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Apr 26 06:15:27 hostname kernel: tun0: Disabled Privacy Extensions

in /etc/openvpn/server.conf

status 1194.log

And /etc/openvpn/1194.log contains:

OpenVPN CLIENT LIST
Updated,Fri Apr 26 05:57:06 2013
Common Name,Real Address,Bytes Received,Bytes Sent,Connected Since
ROUTING TABLE
Virtual Address,Common Name,Real Address,Last Ref
GLOBAL STATS
Max bcast/mcast queue length,0
END

Right after I tried connecting for several minutes. So I think the request never made it there.
At the moment I browse the net by using this server as SOCKS_v5 proxy and was hoping to be able to proxy everything and not just http.

melchior

Hey guys, apparently it was a weird mistake both from my VPS host and myself.
I used the ip address that was listed on my bash prompt, thinking it has to be the one used by my server. Turns out that it isnt (off by just two numbers). I fixed the server.ovpn and it seems to be working !

Now I just need to figure out how to actually use it to route all my traffic :-)
Thanks to all that have offered their suggestions

Fri Apr 26 10:22:36 2013 Warning: cannot open --log file: C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\log\server.log: Access is denied.   (errno=5)
Fri Apr 26 10:22:36 2013 OpenVPN 2.3.1 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [PKCS11] [eurephia] [IPv6] built on Mar 28 2013
Fri Apr 26 10:22:36 2013 MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25340
Fri Apr 26 10:22:36 2013 Need hold release from management interface, waiting...
Fri Apr 26 10:22:37 2013 MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25340
Fri Apr 26 10:22:37 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'state on'
Fri Apr 26 10:22:37 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'log all on'
Fri Apr 26 10:22:37 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold off'
Fri Apr 26 10:22:37 2013 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold release'
Fri Apr 26 10:22:37 2013 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled.  See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.
Fri Apr 26 10:22:37 2013 NOTE: OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executables
Fri Apr 26 10:22:37 2013 Socket Buffers: R=[8192->8192] S=[8192->8192]
Fri Apr 26 10:22:37 2013 UDPv4 link local: [undef]
Fri Apr 26 10:22:37 2013 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]x.x.x.x:x
Fri Apr 26 10:22:37 2013 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1367007757,WAIT,,,
Fri Apr 26 10:22:37 2013 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1367007757,AUTH,,,
Fri Apr 26 10:22:37 2013 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]x.x.x.x:x, sid=f7947743 366f1bde
Fri Apr 26 10:22:37 2013 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this
Fri Apr 26 10:22:38 2013 VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=US, ST=HI, L=Laie, O=Limbo, OU=changeme, CN=Nassus, name=Za, emailAddress=irzadi@gmail.com
Fri Apr 26 10:22:38 2013 VERIFY OK: depth=0, C=US, ST=HI, L=Laie, O=Fort-Funston, OU=changeme, CN=Nassus, name=changeme, emailAddress=mail@host.domain
Fri Apr 26 10:22:38 2013 Data Channel Encrypt: Cipher 'BF-CBC' initialized with 128 bit key
Fri Apr 26 10:22:38 2013 Data Channel Encrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Fri Apr 26 10:22:38 2013 Data Channel Decrypt: Cipher 'BF-CBC' initialized with 128 bit key
Fri Apr 26 10:22:38 2013 Data Channel Decrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Fri Apr 26 10:22:38 2013 Control Channel: TLSv1, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, 1024 bit RSA
Fri Apr 26 10:22:38 2013 [Nassus] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]x.x.x.x:x
Fri Apr 26 10:22:39 2013 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1367007759,GET_CONFIG,,,
Fri Apr 26 10:22:40 2013 SENT CONTROL [Nassus]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)
Fri Apr 26 10:22:40 2013 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,redirect-gateway def1,dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8,dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4,route 10.8.0.1,topology net30,ping 5,ping-restart 30,ifconfig 10.8.0.6 10.8.0.5'
Fri Apr 26 10:22:40 2013 OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified
Fri Apr 26 10:22:40 2013 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified
Fri Apr 26 10:22:40 2013 OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified
Fri Apr 26 10:22:40 2013 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modified
Fri Apr 26 10:22:40 2013 do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0
Fri Apr 26 10:22:40 2013 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1367007760,ASSIGN_IP,,10.8.0.6,
Fri Apr 26 10:22:40 2013 open_tun, tt->ipv6=0
Fri Apr 26 10:22:40 2013 TAP-WIN32 device [Local Area Connection 3] opened: \\.\Global\{974D4806-E661-4764-90D9-81093E194CDE}.tap
Fri Apr 26 10:22:40 2013 TAP-Windows Driver Version 9.9 
Fri Apr 26 10:22:40 2013 Notified TAP-Windows driver to set a DHCP IP/netmask of 10.8.0.6/255.255.255.252 on interface {974D4806-E661-4764-90D9-81093E194CDE} [DHCP-serv: 10.8.0.5, lease-time: 31536000]
Fri Apr 26 10:22:40 2013 NOTE: FlushIpNetTable failed on interface [24] {974D4806-E661-4764-90D9-81093E194CDE} (status=5) : Access is denied.  
Fri Apr 26 10:22:45 2013 TEST ROUTES: 2/2 succeeded len=1 ret=1 a=0 u/d=up
Fri Apr 26 10:22:45 2013 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 198.56.208.37 MASK 255.255.255.255 10.8.249.1
Fri Apr 26 10:22:45 2013 ROUTE: route addition failed using CreateIpForwardEntry: Access is denied.   [status=5 if_index=11]
Fri Apr 26 10:22:45 2013 Route addition via IPAPI failed [adaptive]
Fri Apr 26 10:22:45 2013 Route addition fallback to route.exe
Fri Apr 26 10:22:45 2013 env_block: add PATH=C:\Windows\System32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 ERROR: Windows route add command failed [adaptive]: returned error code 1
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 0.0.0.0 MASK 128.0.0.0 10.8.0.5
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 ROUTE: route addition failed using CreateIpForwardEntry: Access is denied.   [status=5 if_index=24]
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 Route addition via IPAPI failed [adaptive]
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 Route addition fallback to route.exe
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 env_block: add PATH=C:\Windows\System32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 ERROR: Windows route add command failed [adaptive]: returned error code 1
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 128.0.0.0 MASK 128.0.0.0 10.8.0.5
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 ROUTE: route addition failed using CreateIpForwardEntry: Access is denied.   [status=5 if_index=24]
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 Route addition via IPAPI failed [adaptive]
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 Route addition fallback to route.exe
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 env_block: add PATH=C:\Windows\System32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 ERROR: Windows route add command failed [adaptive]: returned error code 1
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1367007766,ADD_ROUTES,,,
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 C:\Windows\system32\route.exe ADD 10.8.0.1 MASK 255.255.255.255 10.8.0.5
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 ROUTE: route addition failed using CreateIpForwardEntry: Access is denied.   [status=5 if_index=24]
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 Route addition via IPAPI failed [adaptive]
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 Route addition fallback to route.exe
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 env_block: add PATH=C:\Windows\System32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 ERROR: Windows route add command failed [adaptive]: returned error code 1
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 Initialization Sequence Completed
Fri Apr 26 10:22:46 2013 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1367007766,CONNECTED,SUCCESS,10.8.0.6,198.56.208.37