Re: Limit the number of users based on the key

>On Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 at 2:02 PM, Gert Doering <[email protected]> wrote:


> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Jan 09, 2024 at 10:25:13AM +0000, Peter Davis wrote:
> 
> > 1- Assuming that a user shares his\her username and password with
> > others in addition to the keys, then using --auth-user-pass, can
> > two users with the same username and password connect to the server
> > at the same time?
> 
> 
> No, because OpenVPN will not (unless told otherwise) permit two logins
> with the same client key+cert at the same time.
> 
> > 2- One server for all departments.
> 
> 
> For one server there can only be one server key, so the question "one key per
> department" becomes moot.
> 
> gert
> 
> --
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> 
> Gert Doering - Munich, Germany [email protected]

Hi,
1- So, by using --auth-user-pass I can prevent excessive access to the server.

2- I want each department to have its own key, because if I want to revoke the key of one department, then there will be no problem for other departments. Is this a good idea?