As described in my November posting, we’re making some changes to our OpenVPN configuration, partly to support new devices, partly to add capacity, and partly because one of the features we currently use is being phased out.

The server-end changes are now all in place, as are the new configuration files needed on the client end to use them.  Please fetch these by following the links from the computing.help site.  The new files should replace any existing configuration files you have on your machine.  You may then have to stop and restart OpenVPN to have these new versions picked up.

There are platform-specific versions for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android, and generic versions which should work for Linux and *BSD.  Please fetch and install platform-specific versions if possible, as these may contain additional settings to give smoother operation in some cases.

The current plan is to phase out the old endpoints and configurations around the end of March (specifically March 31st), when we’ll recover the IP address space for reuse elsewhere.  Old client configurations won’t work with the new endpoints without some adjustment.  Look out for further announcements and reminders nearer the time.

Please provide feedback through the support form in the usual way.

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