Re: Two questions about key generation for clients

>On Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 at 2:23 PM, Gert Doering <[email protected]> wrote:


> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 10:17:27AM +0000, Peter Davis wrote:
> 
> > But why didn't the previous OpenVPN Connect disconnect? I want the previous user to be disconnected.
> 
> 
> I'm not 100% sure about that - I think the server will just pretend that
> the previous client with the same key stops existing, and not send an active
> "go away" packet.
> 
> So the client will stop working, and if you have "keepalive" configured
> (which should be default in the server config, need to check the manpage)
> it will eventually discover "oh, keepalive expired" and disconnect.
> 
> Since this is not a recommended scenario it's somewhat unlikely that the
> developers will spend much time on improving the current behaviour.
> 
> gert
> --
> "If was one thing all people took for granted, was conviction that if you
> feed honest figures into a computer, honest figures come out. Never doubted
> it myself till I met a computer with a sense of humor."
> Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
> 
> Gert Doering - Munich, Germany [email protected]

Hi,
Thanks again.
I think you mean "keepalive 10 120" option. Is it true? If this option is removed, will the previous client be disconnected?