OpenVPN GUI change password DEK-Info not present

panz · Post by **panz** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:26 am

I'm using OpenVPN 2.3.4 i686-w64 under Windows 7 64-bit.

If I add a password to a private key via OpenVPN GUI I don't get the DEK-Info header when I read the key with a text editor; I get only a generic "encrypted key", without any further information.

However, if I use the CLI to accomplish the same task, I get something like:

—–BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY—–
Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED
DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,AFF0DDC62FCC76DD

GfCgk8CsxhFGwdMpB1tyIJTn74z0YFbChN27L/VIHZk

...bla bla bla

—–END RSA PRIVATE KEY—–

Why?