why AIRVPN not using sha2 instead of sha1 ?

[tiger83052 4]

I've alaways been amazed by the level of security AIRVPN provide

 

but I think it's the time to move away from sha1 to something more secure

 

you can see in this article that sha1 no longer can be considered secure

 

https://arstechnica.com/security/2015/10/sha1-crypto-algorithm-securing-internet-could-break-by-years-end/

 

would like to here from the STAFF about this

[Staff 9973]

Hello,

 

OpenVPN does not use SHA-1 as packets authentication cipher.

 

It uses HMAC SHA1, so you just don't care about collisions. In the Control Channel you can also have HMAC SHA384. See also https://airvpn.org/specs

 

For a more thorough discussion see https://airvpn.org/topic/14837-control-channel-cipher-satisfactory/page-2?do=findComment&comment=33173

 

Kind regards

[tiger83052 4]

Hello,

 

OpenVPN does not use SHA-1 as packets authentication cipher.

 

It uses HMAC SHA1, so you just don't care about collisions. In the Control Channel you can also have HMAC SHA384. See also https://airvpn.org/specs

 

For a more thorough discussion see https://airvpn.org/topic/14837-control-channel-cipher-satisfactory/page-2?do=findComment&comment=33173

 

Kind regards

 

does Eddie by default use HMAC SHA384 ? or it should be added manually ? if yes , then how to do it ?

[Staff 9973]

 

Hello,

 

OpenVPN does not use SHA-1 as packets authentication cipher.

 

It uses HMAC SHA1, so you just don't care about collisions. In the Control Channel you can also have HMAC SHA384. See also https://airvpn.org/specs

 

For a more thorough discussion see https://airvpn.org/topic/14837-control-channel-cipher-satisfactory/page-2?do=findComment&comment=33173

 

Kind regards

 

does Eddie by default use HMAC SHA384 ? or it should be added manually ? if yes , then how to do it ?

 

Hello!

 

It does not depend on Eddie, it's on OpenVPN. Eddie comes packaged with an OpenVPN version that supports it and will pick it by default. Otherwise make sure that OpenVPN in your system is up to date.

 

Kind regards

[tiger83052 4]

 

 

 

Hello,

 

OpenVPN does not use SHA-1 as packets authentication cipher.

 

It uses HMAC SHA1, so you just don't care about collisions. In the Control Channel you can also have HMAC SHA384. See also https://airvpn.org/specs

 

For a more thorough discussion see https://airvpn.org/topic/14837-control-channel-cipher-satisfactory/page-2?do=findComment&comment=33173

 

Kind regards

does Eddie by default use HMAC SHA384 ? or it should be added manually ? if yes , then how to do it ?

Hello!

 

It does not depend on Eddie, it's on OpenVPN. Eddie comes packaged with an OpenVPN version that supports it and will pick it by default. Otherwise make sure that OpenVPN in your system is up to date.

 

Kind regards

2.3.3 and newer will look for SHA384 , and eddie comes with 2.3.8 which mean i'm good

thank you