Hello everybody, and especially YOU who is about to help my sorry ass on the following matter...
Totally newbie in VPNs, I wanted to make my first steps on openVPN for it seems pretty obvious that it's one of the simplest available.
I followed several step-by-step tutorials, downloaded the client (openvpn-install-2.3.6-I601-x86_64.exe), installed it, created an account on the website, downloaded configs as suggested (
http://www.le-vpn.com/clients/dl.php?type=d&id=5) and launched it with administrator rights. So far so good.
I right click on the openVPN icon in the bottom right corner, choose a config, then pops an authentication window. I proudly enter my login and password, those from the account registration on openvpn.net, I bite my tongue then press OK.
Stuff happen in the window, such as :
Fri Dec 19 16:14:41 2014 OpenVPN 2.3.6 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [PKCS11] [IPv6] built on Dec 1 2014
Fri Dec 19 16:14:41 2014 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.1j 15 Oct 2014, LZO 2.08
Fri Dec 19 16:14:41 2014 MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25375
Fri Dec 19 16:14:41 2014 Need hold release from management interface, waiting...
Fri Dec 19 16:14:41 2014 MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:25375
Fri Dec 19 16:14:41 2014 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'state on'
Fri Dec 19 16:14:41 2014 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'log all on'
Fri Dec 19 16:14:41 2014 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold off'
Fri Dec 19 16:14:41 2014 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'hold release'
Fri Dec 19 16:14:55 2014 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'username "Auth" "
xxxxxx@xxx.com"'
Fri Dec 19 16:14:55 2014 MANAGEMENT: CMD 'password [xxx]'
Fri Dec 19 16:14:55 2014 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled. See
http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.
Fri Dec 19 16:14:55 2014 Socket Buffers: R=[8192->8192] S=[8192->8192]
Fri Dec 19 16:14:55 2014 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1419002095,RESOLVE,,,
Fri Dec 19 16:14:55 2014 UDPv4 link local: [undef]
Fri Dec 19 16:14:55 2014 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]46.246.28.62:53
Fri Dec 19 16:14:55 2014 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1419002095,WAIT,,,
Fri Dec 19 16:14:55 2014 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1419002095,AUTH,,,
Fri Dec 19 16:14:55 2014 TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]46.246.28.62:53, sid=4a6b4b21 03262db1
Fri Dec 19 16:14:55 2014 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this
Fri Dec 19 16:14:56 2014 VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=FR, ST=Ile-de-France, L=Paris, O=LeVPN.fr, OU=CA, CN=CA, emailAddress=
admin@levpn.fr
Fri Dec 19 16:14:56 2014 VERIFY OK: depth=0, C=HK, ST=Hong-Kong, L=Hong-Kong, O=Le VPN, CN=LeVPNPro, emailAddress=
support@le-vpn.com
Fri Dec 19 16:14:57 2014 WARNING: 'link-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='link-mtu 1558', remote='link-mtu 1590'
Fri Dec 19 16:14:57 2014 WARNING: 'tun-mtu' is used inconsistently, local='tun-mtu 1500', remote='tun-mtu 1532'
Fri Dec 19 16:14:57 2014 Data Channel Encrypt: Cipher 'AES-256-CBC' initialized with 256 bit key
Fri Dec 19 16:14:57 2014 Data Channel Encrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Fri Dec 19 16:14:57 2014 Data Channel Decrypt: Cipher 'AES-256-CBC' initialized with 256 bit key
Fri Dec 19 16:14:57 2014 Data Channel Decrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication
Fri Dec 19 16:14:57 2014 Control Channel: TLSv1, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, 1024 bit RSA
Fri Dec 19 16:14:57 2014 [LeVPNPro] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]46.246.28.62:53
Fri Dec 19 16:14:58 2014 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1419002098,GET_CONFIG,,,
Fri Dec 19 16:15:00 2014 SENT CONTROL [LeVPNPro]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1)
Fri Dec 19 16:15:00 2014 AUTH: Received control message: AUTH_FAILED
Fri Dec 19 16:15:00 2014 SIGUSR1[soft,auth-failure] received, process restarting
Fri Dec 19 16:15:00 2014 MANAGEMENT: >STATE:1419002100,RECONNECTING,auth-failure,,
Fri Dec 19 16:15:00 2014 Restart pause, 2 second(s)
And...
The authentication window pops again. I tried with different configs, with the same result. I went online, read tons of HOWTOs and other FAQs, tried my best to eventually locate a registration I could have missed, scratched my beard, but nothing seemed to help.
What exactly went wrong in my procedure?
