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<p>Before diving into TLS mode and eventually tls-crypt-v2 it's worth to briefly discuss why we spend time reimplementing the OpenVPN™ protocol.
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<p>Before diving into TLS mode and eventually tls-crypt-v2 it's worth to briefly discuss why we spend time reimplementing the OpenVPN™ protocol.
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You may ask yourself: why not just use the existing tried and tested implementation?</p>
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You may ask yourself: why not just use the existing tried and tested implementation?</p>
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<p>OpenVPN™ community edition is implemented in the C programming language.
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<p>OpenVPN™ community edition is implemented in the C programming language.
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It heavily uses the OpenSSL library[^mbedtls] which is as well written in C and has in the past had some notable security vulnerabilities.
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It heavily uses the OpenSSL library<sup><a href="#fn-mbedtls" id="ref-1-fn-mbedtls" role="doc-noteref" class="fn-label">[1]</a></sup> which is as well written in C and has in the past had some notable security vulnerabilities.
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Many vulnerabilities and bugs in C can be easily avoided in other languages due to bounds checking and stricter and more expressive type systems.
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Many vulnerabilities and bugs in C can be easily avoided in other languages due to bounds checking and stricter and more expressive type systems.
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The state machine of the protocol can be more easily be expressed in OCaml, and some properties of the protocol can be encoded in the type system.</p>
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The state machine of the protocol can be more easily be expressed in OCaml, and some properties of the protocol can be encoded in the type system.</p>
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<p>Another reason is <a href="https://mirage.io/">Mirage OS</a>, a library operating system implemented in OCaml.
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<p>Another reason is <a href="https://mirage.io/">Mirage OS</a>, a library operating system implemented in OCaml.
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We work on the Mirage project and write applications (unikernels) using Mirage.
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We work on the Mirage project and write applications (unikernels) using Mirage.
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In many cases it would be desirable to be able to connect to an existing VPN network[^vpn-network],
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In many cases it would be desirable to be able to connect to an existing VPN network<sup><a href="#fn-vpn-network" id="ref-1-fn-vpn-network" role="doc-noteref" class="fn-label">[2]</a></sup>,
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or be able to offer a VPN network to clients using OpenVPN™.</p>
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or be able to offer a VPN network to clients using OpenVPN™.</p>
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<p>Consider a VPN provider:
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<p>Consider a VPN provider:
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The VPN provider runs many machines that run an operating system in order to run the user-space OpenVPN™ service.
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The VPN provider runs many machines that run an operating system in order to run the user-space OpenVPN™ service.
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The unikernel will need a block device containing the OpenVPN™ configuration and a network device.
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The unikernel will need a block device containing the OpenVPN™ configuration and a network device.
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More detailed instructions Will Follow Soon™!
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More detailed instructions Will Follow Soon™!
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Don't hesitate to reach out to us on <a href="https://github.com/robur-coop/miragevpn/issues">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://robur.coop/Contact">by mail</a> or me personally <a href="https://bsd.network/@reynir">on Mastodon</a> if you're stuck.</p>
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Don't hesitate to reach out to us on <a href="https://github.com/robur-coop/miragevpn/issues">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://robur.coop/Contact">by mail</a> or me personally <a href="https://bsd.network/@reynir">on Mastodon</a> if you're stuck.</p>
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<p>[^mbedtls]: It is possible to compile OpenVPN™ community edition with Mbed TLS instead of OpenSSL which is written in C as well.</p>
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<section role="doc-endnotes"><ol>
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<p>[^vpn-network]: I use the term "VPN network" to mean the virtual private network itself. It is a bit odd because the 'N' in 'VPN' is 'Network', but without disambiguation 'VPN' could refer to the network itself, the software or the service.</p>
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<p>It is possible to compile OpenVPN™ community edition with Mbed TLS instead of OpenSSL which is written in C as well.</p>
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<span><a href="#ref-1-fn-mbedtls" role="doc-backlink" class="fn-label">↩︎︎</a></span></li><li id="fn-vpn-network">
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<p>I use the term "VPN network" to mean the virtual private network itself. It is a bit odd because the 'N' in 'VPN' is 'Network', but without disambiguation 'VPN' could refer to the network itself, the software or the service.</p>
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<span><a href="#ref-1-fn-vpn-network" role="doc-backlink" class="fn-label">↩︎︎</a></span></li></ol></section>
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