LP#2057923 "Add OpenVPN support"

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Reported first on Launchpad at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xubuntu-meta/+bug/2057923

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LP#0: Darin (newhoa) wrote on 2024-03-14:

This is a request to add OpenVPN support.

Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, and Ubuntu Budgie install these by default:
http://www.cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/daily-live/current/noble-desktop-amd64.manifest

According to the above manifests, and installing it via the Xubuntu noble daily ISO it seems to install the following packages:

libpkcs11-helper1:amd64
network-manager-openvpn
network-manager-openvpn-gnome
openvpn

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Currently the only VPN protocol in Xubuntu is PPTP, but PPTP is now considered obsolete and many VPN services (as well as Apple Mac and iOS) have dropped/removed support for PPTP due to security issues. So OpenVPN has become the more widely used standard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-Point_Tunneling_Protocol#Security

I don't know how package deprecation works or if it can be done, but just wanted to bring the security issue up in case something needs to be done in that regard.

Thanks!