ANSWERED AirVPN suddenly quit working, getting OpenVPN errors in logs

[johnnymac 0]

I use the Eddie client on both my Windows 10 laptop and my Mac laptop. Eddie is still working on the Mac, however, it suddenly quit working on the Windows 10 devices and refuses to connect. Can someone help me fix this?

This is the error I'm seeing in the logs:
 

. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > OpenVPN 2.5.5 Windows-MSVC [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [PKCS11] [AEAD] built on Dec 15 2021
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > Windows version 10.0 (Windows 10 or greater) 64bit
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1l  24 Aug 2021, LZO 2.10
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > Outgoing Control Channel Encryption: Cipher 'AES-256-CTR' initialized with 256 bit key
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > Outgoing Control Channel Encryption: Using 256 bit message hash 'SHA256' for HMAC authentication
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > Incoming Control Channel Encryption: Cipher 'AES-256-CTR' initialized with 256 bit key
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > Incoming Control Channel Encryption: Using 256 bit message hash 'SHA256' for HMAC authentication
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > TCP/UDP: Preserving recently used remote address: [AF_INET]204.8.98.42:443
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > Socket Buffers: R=[65536->262144] S=[65536->262144]
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > UDP link local: (not bound)
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > UDP link remote: [AF_INET]204.8.98.42:443
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]204.8.98.42:443, sid=24f8dcb9 4eaa9b13
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > VERIFY ERROR: depth=1, error=certificate has expired: C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=airvpn.org CA, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org, serial=10148936457887096835
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > OpenSSL: error:1416F086:SSL routines:tls_process_server_certificate:certificate verify failed
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > TLS_ERROR: BIO read tls_read_plaintext error
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > TLS Error: TLS object -> incoming plaintext read error
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - OpenVPN > Restart pause, 5 second(s)
! 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - Disconnecting
. 2024.06.23 14:46:35 - Sending soft termination signal

[OpenSourcerer 1441]

Log out in Eddie, then relog.

[johnnymac 0]

17 minutes ago, OpenSourcerer said:

Log out in Eddie, then relog.

That worked, thanks! Weird as I totally uninstalled Eddie and reinstalled / logged in earlier to attempt to fix this issue. Not sure why it didn't work then.

Technically, what did logging out and back in do to fix it? Trying to learn here.

[OpenSourcerer 1441]

10 hours ago, johnnymac said:

Technically, what did logging out and back in do to fix it? Trying to learn here.

Relogging will update all keys used in Eddie. Uninstalling alone is not enough because it doesn't delete the Eddie profile in your home directory.

[Air4141841 25]

time to update your openssl.  your version is end of life/ support see Staffs last post