OpenVPN 2.1.x as a server on Windows 2000

[maggiore81]

Hello. I have to ask you some questions:

I have read this doc:

http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-sourc ... stall.html

I see that the doc says that Windows 2000 is not supported.

First question:
Is Windows 2000 server supported to act as a OpenVPN server?

Second question:

In october 2010, OpenVPN was at release 2.1.x , and was it supported on Windows 2000 Srv (as a openvpn server) ?

I see in the changelog:

2003.07.24 -- Version 1.5-beta1
* Ported to Windows 2000 + XP using mingw and a TAP driver
derived from the Cipe-Win32 project by Damion K. Wilson.

So the final answer is: In the OpenVPN Version 2.1.2 to 2.1.4 there were any issues on Windows 2000 SRV as a server?

Thank you

[janjust]

openvpn 2.1.x should run on Windows 2000 (both workstation and server editions).
Support for Windows 2000 was (officially) dropped in openvpn 2.2

I've used OpenVPN 2.1.x on Windows 2000 workstation as both client and server, but the OS itself has gone out of support.

[maggiore81]

Thank you for your answer.
I am doing a forensics investigation on a Win 2000 system and OpenVPN.
There were any known issues or restriction about OpenVPN 2.1.x and Win 2000 server?

I have no experience on Win 2000 + OpenVPN since I always used that on Win 2003+ env.

thanks

[janjust]

I'm not aware of any restrictions - most "generic" Windows Server issues apply: watch out with RRAS, other VPN protocols.