OpenVPN GUI -- Password Entry for SmartCard (pkcs11)

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lpr
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OpenVPN GUI -- Password Entry for SmartCard (pkcs11)

Post by lpr » Fri Feb 13, 2015 8:27 pm

Dear all

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pkcs11-providers 'c:\Windows\System32\eTPKCS11.dll'
pkcs11-id 'SafeNet\x2C\x20Inc\x2E/eToken/00xxxxx8/xxxxxx\x20xxx/044xxxD5Dxx93xx0'
allows me to specify my Aladin eToken Pro decies in the client.ovpn configuration file.

While I can start openvpn.exe on the command line and get it to ask for my password, I cannot get OpenVPN GUI to open a PIN-entry window, i.e. it runs smoothly on the command line but not via OpenVPN GUI

On the other hand, when I make use of a password-protected private-key, the OpenVPN GUI asks me correctly for that password.

I could not detect any changes in the OpenVPN GUI when I tried the following settings in the client.opvn configuration:

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auth-retry nointeract
management-hold
management-signal
management 127.0.0.1 8888
management-query-passwords
What am I missing? I'd appreciate any hint.

I have installed the latest community package of OpenVPN on Windows 7, 64bit. The OpenVPN GUI states "OpenVPN GUI v5" in its about-box.

Thanks

Luke

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Re: OpenVPN GUI -- Password Entry for SmartCard (pkcs11)

Post by Traffic » Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:53 pm

When using the GUI always use: <Right-click> Run as administrator

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